Applied Plant Breeding and Seed Production

44B0672

Bachelor

German, English

5.0

only summerterm

1 semester

Variety breeding in horticultural or agricultural crops requires extensive knowledge in the field of plant breeding and seed production. The module provides specific knowledge of the breeding techniques and breeding methods used in horticulture or agriculture for the various plant groups; exemplary methods are explained for selected representatives of these plant groups. In the exercises of the module modern techniques of different areas of practical breeding work are presented. In the field of seed production, ISTA seed testing regulations are presented and carried out in practice by the students in the exercises.

Unit 1: Applied Plant Breeding (2 SWS): Genetic variability of wild and cultivated plants; Breeding methods of plant breeding (selection, combination, hybrid breeding); Methodological problems and alternatives in the breeding of clone plants, line, population, synthetic and hybrid varieties; classical techniques and biotechnological processes for generating novel genetic variation; Genome Editing, Genetic and Genomic Foundations of Breeding Traits Genome Mapping with Molecular Markers - Introduction; Development of breeding goals and their realization in horticultural and agricultural species; special breeding methods for vegetatively propagated species; methodical comparison between the breeding categories; Resistance breeding and quality breeding.

Unit 2: Exercises / laboratory course on genome-based selection in plant breeding (2 SWS)

The total workload for the module is 135 hours (see also "ECTS credit points and grading").

It is a course with synchronous and asynchronous lecture elements. Part of the examination is a presentation.

• Written examination or
• oral exam or
• Portfolio exam

• Regular participation

The standard examination type for the graded examination is the 2-hour exam (in the event of a deviation, one of the alternative examination types mentioned will be selected by the examiners and announced at the beginning of the course).

Ungraded examination performance: regular participation = successfully completed laboratory internship

Standard exam type: 2-hour exam

Ungraded examination performance: Successfully completed laboratory internship / submission of the test protocols

The alternative type of examination - portfolio - would consist of the partial examinations E-Klausur (30 min., max. 25 points) +

E-exam (30 min., max. 25 points) + written exam (60 min., max. 50 points).

Knowledge of plant breeding is required

The students have a critical, special understanding of selected knowledge in the occurrence and use of genetic variability as well as the application of specific selection and breeding methods in the various plant groups in horticulture and agriculture. Students know the official seed testing methods from practical implementation and are able to classify and reproduce the test results.

The students have sufficient technical knowledge to be able to define breeding goals related to the corresponding crop and to show ways of their realization.

The students use advanced procedures and methods of plant breeding practice and seed production in the laboratory internship as well as in the breeding garden.

Among other things, the students apply special subject-related skills, techniques and methods in familiar and unfamiliar contexts in order to be able to carry out routine and also specific investigations of plant breeding and seed production.

The students derive specific selection methods for the respective goal of plant breeding.

The students use scientifically sound evaluation methods in their laboratory experiments and present the findings in a well-structured, written form. In addition, the elaborations on a breeding or seed production issue are presented in an oral presentation using modern electronic presentation techniques in front of the plenum, with subsequent discussion of the presentation didactics.

The students can assess and critically question the social relevance of applied breeding and seed production through their own actions.

The module builds on the previous module "General Plant Breeding and Seed Production". The knowledge and skills acquired here are recommended as prior knowledge.

• Pflanzentechnologie in der Agrarwirtschaft B.Sc.

• Naz, Ali Ahmad

• Naz, Ali Ahmad