940111 Genetic resources of crop plants
- Type
- Lecture
- Semester hours
- 2
- Lecturer (assistant)
- Organisation
- Offered in
- Sommersemester 2023
- Languages of instruction
- Deutsch
- Content
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Molecular insights into human evolution and diversity. Role of plant domestication and breeding in human history (and future). Challenges (food security, renewables, alternative energy). Genetic variability, selection and adaptation, reproductive barriers, hybridization. Techniques of molecular biology to study genetic variability. Plant genome research.
Evolution of important crop plants. Examples ..
Cereal grains (wheat, barley, rice, maize).
Starch and sugar plants (potato, sugar beet, sugarcane, tropical starch plants).
Protein plants (soybean).
Oil and fibre plants.
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- Previous knowledge expected
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Knowledge of botany, biology and genetics.
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- Objective (expected results of study and acquired competences)
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Overview about the origin of crop plants (domestication, wild relatives) and the utilisation of genetic resources in plant breeding with modern molecular marker techniques
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You can find more details like the schedule or information about exams on the course-page in BOKUonline.