Lehrveranstaltung: Breeding of Tropical, Ornamental, and Vegetable Plants (3501-481)
- Personen:
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- (verantwortlich)
- apl ProfDr Bettina Haußmann (verantwortlich)
- Prof.Dr.Dr Albrecht Melchinger (verantwortlich)
- Lehrform:
- Vorlesung
- SWS:
- 5
- Inhalt:
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Goals and approaches to breeding of tropical crops;
Principles of design and optimization of breeding programs with limited financial resources;
Goals and approaches to breeding of vegetable crops;
Goals and approaches to breeding of ornamental plants;
Concepts of wide versus specific adaptation, yield stability and food security as breeding objectives;
Crop improvement to reduce malnutrition;
Participatory breeding, local seed systems;
Production systems-oriented breeding, contribution of plant breeding to sustainable production systems intensification, role of interdisciplinary research approaches;
Use of plant genetic resources in crop improvement;
Aspects of variety protection in developing countries, material transfer agreements, International Treaty on PGRFA;
Breeding of underutilized crops, inlcuding genetic improvement of Jathropha.
- Veranstaltungsort:
- Hohenheim
- Anmerkungen:
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Student seminars and working groups to learn about specific breeding aspects for a diverse range of crops, and to compare the different approaches. Excursions to HILD (Vegetable breeding), Selecta Klemm (Ornamental plant breeding) and Pioneer (Maize breeding)
- Modul:
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- 3501-480 Breeding of Tropical, Ornamental, and Vegetable Plants (Pflicht)