Contents

Contents

Theory

  1. Importance of cereals; wheat, rice, barley, oats and triticale.
  2. Status of cereals; global and local perspective.
  3. Evolution, origin, and phenology of cereal crops.
  4. Breeding techniques and objectives in cereals.
  5. Yield and quality parameters in cereals.
  6. Breeding for biotic and abiotic stresses.
  7. Procedure for variety development.
  8. Preliminary and multi-location yield trials (NUYT, Micro Yield Trials).
  9. Genetic improvement using novel techniques.
  10. Exploitation of male sterility systems for hybrid development in cereals.

 

Practical

  1. Development of genetic material using appropriate mating techniques.
  2. Assessment of various phenological stages in cereal crops.
  3. Handling of segregating populations.
  4. Early generation testing. Data recording of various plant attributes using descriptors.