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• 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