Course Introduction, Time table and Key Dates
Course Material
- Week-1 Course Introduction etc, Economic importance and word maize out look
- Week-3 Origin of maize and its Genetics
- Week-4 Flowering and Pollination and Breeding Methods
- Week-2 Maize Production Technology
- Week 5 Development of Inbred lines
- Week 6 Recurrent Selection and Population Improvement
- Week 7 Heterosis, its significance, genetic basis and exploitation
- Week 8-9 Combining ability and Hybrid Seed production
- Week 10 Use of Male sterility
- Week 11-12 Breeding for drought tolerance
- Week 13-14 Breeding for Heat Tolerance
- Week 15 Breeding Objectives, Current Scnerio and Future Prospects
- Week 16 revision
- Course Introduction, Time table and Key Dates
- Chapters 14
- Department Plant Breeding and Genetics
- Teacher
Dr. Usman Saleem
