Course Material
- Course Introduction, Time Table and Key dates
- Week 1, Principles of Seed Production
- Week 2, Pre-requisite of hybrid seed production
- Week 3, Inbred Line development
- Week 4, Origin of hybrid Breeding
- Week 5, Hybrid development
- Weeks 6, Hybrid seed technology
- Week 7, Heterosis and Its significance
- Week 8, Hybrid Seed Production in Vegetables
- Week 9, Hybrid Seed Production in field crops
- Week 10, Cytoplasmic male sterility
- Week 11, Commercial use of Hybrid vigour, Field standards
- Week 12, Breeding for drought stress
- Week 13 and 14, Breeding for heat stress
- Week 15, Breeding for salinity tolerance
- Week 16 and 17, Presentations and revision
- Chapters 16
- Department Plant Breeding and Genetics
- Teacher
Dr. Usman Saleem