Course name: CST. 406: Genetics and Plant Breeding-III.
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✓ Methods of breeding– introduction and acclimatization.
✓ Selection, Mass selection, pure line selection and Johannson’s pure line theory, genetic
basis.
✓ Hybridization– Aims, objectives and types of hybridization.
✓ Methods of handling of segregating generations – pedigree method, bulk method, back
cross method and various modified methods.
✓ Hybridization.
Course name: CST. 406: Genetics and Plant Breeding-III.
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Topics
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1. Comparison among Hybrid, Synthetics and Composite
2. Differences between Autopolyploid and allopolyploids
3. Comparison among clones, purelines and inbreds
4. Distinguish between Biotic & Abiotic Stress
5. Comparison between Pedigree and bulk method
6. Comparison between backcross and Pedigree method
7. Comparison between purline and mass selection
8. Comparative study among the four methods of recurrent selection.
