AGRI100421 Plant breeding
- Type
- course with non-continuous assessment
- Semester hours
- 2
- Lecturer (assistant)
- Grausgruber, Heinrich
- Organisation
- Crop Breeding and Genomics
- Offered in
- Sommersemester 2026
- Languages of instruction
- Deutsch
- Content
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Part A: Introduction into plant breeding
Chapter I: Fundamental definitions, basic principles
Chapter II: Plant breeding categories - clones, lines, populations and hybrids, plant breeding in Austria
Part B: Introduction into variety- and seed testing
Chapter I: Variety protection (national and international), variety testing
Chapter II: Seed testing - laws, production, certification, testing procedures, trading, international market
Chapter III: Gene-banks, their importance and managements
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- Previous knowledge expected
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- Objective (expected results of study and acquired competences)
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Training to understand the basic principles of plant breeding work as well as seed certification, marketing and importance for the national and international agriculture
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You can find more details like the schedule or information about exams on the course-page in BOKUonline.