PBG-304: Breeding Sugar Crops

COURSE OUTLINE Spring 2019

Course Title: Breeding Sugar crops

Course Code: PBG-304

Credit Hours: 3(2-1)

Instructor: Dr. Wasim Hasan

Email: [email protected]

DESCRIPTION AND OBJECTIVES

To enable students to understand:

Breeding methods in sugar crops
Constraints in sugarcane breeding
Different genetic systems in sugar crops

INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES

The purpose of this course is to teach the students of B.Sc. (Hons.) Agriculture about different candidate crops used worldwide as sugar crops and breeding techniques involved in genetic manipulations of sugar crops.

COURSE CONTENTS

Theory:

Importance, origin, classification and botanical features of sugar crops.
Genetics and cytogenetics of sugar crops.
Evolution of noble cane and present status.
Flowering: a breeding constraint, artificial induction of flowering and hybridization techniques.
Selection strategies and development of new varieties.
Sugarcane improvement through modern approaches.
Exploitation of somaclonal variation and micropropagation for improvement of sugarcane.
Sugarbeet: genetic resources, induction of flowering and seed production strategies.

Practical:

Identification of sugarcane species and varieties using morphological descriptors.
Study of sugarcane flowering mechanisms.
Morphological features of sugar beet varieties.
Evaluation of sugarcane and sugar beet for quality parameters.
Visit to sugar industries/research institutes.

READINGS

Henry, R.J. and C. Kole. 2010. Genetics, Genomics and Breeding of Sugarcane. Taylor and Francis, London, UK.
Malik, K.B. 2009. Cane and Sugar Production. Punjab Agriculture Research Board, Lahore, Pakistan.
Draycott, A.P. 2006. Sugar beet. Blackwell Publishing Ltd., Oxford, UK.
Sleper, D.A. and J.M. Poehlman. 2006. Breeding Field Crops. (5thed.) Iowa State University Press, Ames, Iowa, USA.
James, G. 2004. Sugarcane. Blackwell Publishing Co., Ames, Iowa, USA.

COURSE SCHEDULE

Week	Topics and Readings	Books with Page No.
1	Distribution of teaching schedule and discussion about the course contents.
1	Importance of sugar crops	Book 4; Pg 377-378
1 (P)	Identification of sugarcane species and varieties using morphological descriptors.	Book 4; Pg 377-378
2	Origin and classification	Book 4; Pg 377-378
2	Origin and classification of sugar crops,	Book 4; Pg 377-378
2(P)	Identification of sugarcane species and varieties using morphological descriptors	Book 4; Pg 377-378
3	Botanical features of sugar crops,	Book 4; Pg 377-378
3	Botanical features of sugar crops,	Book 4; Pg 377-378
3(P)	Identification of sugarcane species and varieties using morphological descriptors	Book 4; Pg 377-378
4	Genetics and cytogenetics of sugar crops	Book 4; Pg 382-384
4	Genetics and cytogenetics of sugar crops	Book 4; Pg 382-384
4(P)	Study of sugarcane flowering mechanisms	Book 4; Pg 379
5	Evolution of noble cane and present status	Book 4; Pg 378
5	Flowering: a breeding constraint, artificial induction of flowering and hybridization techniques.	Book 4; Pg 377-378
5(P)	Study of sugarcane flowering mechanisms	Book 4; Pg 379
6	Artificial induction of flowering and hybridization techniques	Book 4; Pg 380-382
6	Artificial induction of flowering and hybridization techniques	Book 4; Pg 380-382
6(P)	Study of sugarcane flowering mechanisms	Book 4; Pg 379
7	Selection strategies and development of new varieties.	Book 4; Pg 384-387
7	Selection strategies and development of new varieties.	Book 4; Pg 384-387
7(P)	Study of sugarcane flowering mechanisms	Book 4; Pg 379
8	Selection strategies and development of new varieties.	Book 4; Pg 384-387
8	Course discussion	Book 4; Pg 377-378
8(P)	Morphological features of sugar beet varieties	Book 4; Pg 377-378
9	Selection strategies and development of new varieties.	Book 4; Pg 388-389
9	Selection strategies and development of new varieties.	Book 4; Pg 388-389
9(P)	Morphological features of sugar beet varieties
10	Exploitation of somaclonal variation,	Book 2, page 223-238.
10	Exploitation of somaclonal variation,	Book 2, page 223-238.
10(P)	Morphological features of sugar beet varieties	Book 2, page 226.
11	Micropropagation, micropropagation for improvement of sugarcane,	Book 2, page 228.
11	Micropropagation, micropropagation for improvement of sugarcane,	Book 2, page 228.
11(P)	Evaluation of sugarcane and sugar beet for quality parameters	Book 2, page 233-248.
12	Sugarbeet, genetic resources	Book 2, page 233-248.
12	Sugarbeet, genetic resources	Book 2, page 227.
12(P)	Evaluation of sugarcane and sugar beet for quality parameters	Book 1, page 279-291.
13	Artificial induction of flowering	Book 1, page 203-211.
13	Artificial induction of flowering	Book 1, page 203-211.
13(P)	Evaluation of sugarcane and sugar beet for quality parameters	Book 4; Pg 388-389
14	Seed production strategies	Book 4; Pg 379
14	Seed production strategies	Book 4; Pg 384-387
14(P)	Evaluation of sugarcane and sugar beet for quality parameters	Book 4; Pg 379
15	Substitutes of Sugar	Book 4; Pg 379
15	Substitutes of Sugar	Book 4; Pg 384-387
15(P)	Evaluation of sugarcane and sugar beet for quality parameters	Book 4; Pg 379
16	Course Discussion
16	Course Discussion
16(P)	Group Discussion