Course Material
- Introduction, Key dates and Timetable
- Week 1, Importance of Cereals, Status of Cereals
- Week 2, Evolution, Origin and history, Adaptation of wheat
- Week 3, Floral Biology, Selfing and Crossing in wheat, Breeding Objectives of wheat
- Week 4, Breeding Methods in cereal crops
- Week 5, Economic importance, origin and history, adaptation of rice
- Week 6, Floral Biology, Selfing and Crossing in wheat, Breeding Objectives of rice
- Week 7, Economic importance, origin and history, adaptation of Maize, Hybrid seed production
- Week 8, Floral Biology, Selfing and Crossing in wheat, Breeding Objectives of maize
- Week 10, Economic importance, origin and history, adaptation of Sorghum
- Week 11, Floral Biology, Selfing and Crossing in wheat, Breeding Objectives of Sorghum
- Week 12, Economic importance, origin and history, adaptation of Barley, Floral Biology, Selfing and Crossing in wheat, Breeding Objectives of Barley
- Week 13, Economic importance, origin and history, adaptation of Oat, Floral Biology, Selfing and Crossing in wheat, Breeding Objectives of Oat
- Week 14, Breeding for biotic and abiotic stresses
- Week 15, Procedure for variety development. Preliminary and multi-location yield trials
- Week 16, Exploitation of male sterility systems for hybrid development in cereals
- Week 17, Presentations, Review of course
- Chapters 17
- Department Plant Breeding and Genetics
- Teacher
Dr. Usman Saleem