| Department of Agricultural Sciences
66 % Forest & Landscape 34 % | |||||||||||||||
| Earliest Possible Year | BSc. 3 year to MSc. 2 year | ||||||||||||||
| Duration | One block | ||||||||||||||
| Credits | 7.5 (ECTS) | ||||||||||||||
| Course Level | Joint BSc and MSc Relevant both for students with basic scientific interests as well as for students with more applied interests. | ||||||||||||||
| Examination | Final Examination written examination Written Exam in Lecturehall All aids allowed Description of Examination: Four hours written exam based on a number of questions to cover most of pensum Weight: 100 % 13-point scale, internal examiner Dates of Exam: 14 April 2007 | ||||||||||||||
| Requirement For Attending Exam | 75 % accepted cases | ||||||||||||||
| Organisation of Teaching | Mixture of lectures, laboratory and greenhouse/field/computer exercises and PBL cases | ||||||||||||||
| Block Placement | Block 3 Week Structure: A | ||||||||||||||
| Teaching Language | English may be conducted in Danish | ||||||||||||||
| Optional Prerequisites | Genetics 2 and at least two years of study experience. | ||||||||||||||
| Mandatory Prerequisites | Genetik 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Areas of Competence the Course Will Address | |||||||||||||||
| Basic science Comprehension of genetics, in vitro culture and propagation systems for plant improvement Integration of basic plant science to improve cultivated plants Applied Science Knowledge of application of basic genetics and mating systems for plant improvement in agriculture, horticulture and forestry. Knowledge of cultivar protection systems, genetic resources, and private involvement in plant breeding. Ethics and values Is aware of the ethics of exploitation of biotechnology in plant breeding | |||||||||||||||
| Course Objectives | |||||||||||||||
| Provide basic knowledge about technology and theory within genetics, physiology and genomics used to improve cultivated plants. Integrate the basic knowledge with understanding of mating control systems, selection systems and propagation methods to obtain improved cultivars of inbreeders, outbreeders and vegetatively propagated plant species. Provide understanding of importance of cultivar protection, legislation and patenting for plant improvement with traditional and molecular techniques. | |||||||||||||||
| Course Contents | |||||||||||||||
| 1) Genetic resources, mating systems, incompatibility, male sterility (øvl using computer or in greenhouse) 2) Mutations, polyploidy, haploids and in vitro cultures (øvl with in vitro cultures) 3) Molecular markers, population genetics and marker assisted selection (øvl f.eks. SSRs for population genetics and selection) 4) Quantitative traits, genetic variances, heritability, selection, QTL, genetics of disease resistance (øvl Measurements on plant populations, field trials and calculations, Case: map QTLs with mapping software 5) Cultivars of inbreeders, Lines and hybrids (øvl Crossing exercise with in and out breeders; Case: Search www for info on breeding of major crops) 6) Cultivars of outbreeders, populations, hybrids, species hybridisation and combining ability (øvl computer exercise with cross breeders and hybrids, case: search www for info on breeding of major crops 7) Plant cultivar protection, legislation, patenting and transgenic (Case: Patent databases and patents on crop plants) 8) Excursion to one or two breeding stations in Denmark or Sweden | |||||||||||||||
| Teaching And Learning Methods | |||||||||||||||
| 40 % for lectures and discussion classes, 60% for practical exercises and advice of PBL cases. Students are expected to work in dynamic groups for exercises and PBL and be able to produce short hand written and oral presentation of results | |||||||||||||||
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| Unknown at present | |||||||||||||||
| Course Coordinator | |||||||||||||||
| Anna Maria Torp, amt@life.ku.dk, Department of Agriculture and Ecology/Plant and Soil Science, Phone: 35333440 Erik Dahl Kjær, edk@life.ku.dk, Forest & Landscape Denmark/Arboretum, Phone: 35331624 | |||||||||||||||
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