History and development, importance of fruit breeding
Centers of diversity distribution and domestication of fruit species
Problems in fruit breeding – heterozygosity, polyploidy
Problems in fruit breeding –(contd) polyembryony, parthenocarpy & seedlessness
Incompatibility & sterility systems
Apomixis – merits & demerits, types
Variability, Germplasm and its significance
Breeding strategies – Clonal selection
Breeding strategies – Bud mutations and Chimeras
Breeding strategies – Mutagenesis and its application
Breeding strategies – hybridization and problems associated with.
Resistance breeding for biotic & abiotic stresses
Role of genetic engineering and biotechnology in improvement of fruit crops
Mid semester examination
Crop improvement in Mango
Crop improvement in Banana
Crop improvement in Citrus
Crop improvement in Grapes
Crop improvement in Papaya
Crop improvement in Sapota & Pomegranate
Crop improvement in Pine apple & Guava
Crop improvement in Apple and other Rosaceae crops
History and importance of plantation crops
Origin, distribution, domestication and adoption of plantation crops
Breeding strategies, clonal selection, poly-clonal orchards, bud mutation, mutagenesis and its application in crop improvement of plantation crops
Hybridization, haploid and ploidy breeding and In vitro techniques in the improvement of plantation crops
Genetic resources, objectives of breeding, principles and method of breeding and salient breeding achievements in Coconut
Genetic resources, objectives of breeding, principles and method of breeding and salient breeding achievements in Arecanut and oil palm
Genetic resources, objectives of breeding, principles and method of breeding and salient breeding achievements in palmyrah palm and rubber
Genetic resources, objectives of breeding, principles and method of breeding and salient breeding achievements in cashewnut
Genetic resources, objectives of breeding, principles and method of breeding and salient breeding achievements in coffee
Genetic resources, objectives of breeding, principles and method of breeding and salient breeding achievements in tea
Genetic resources, objectives of breeding, principles and method of breeding and salient breeding achievements in cocoa
Genetic resources, objectives of breeding, principles and method of breeding and salient breeding achievements in kokam & betelvine
Practical schedule
Study of floral biology & anthesis time in mango and Cashew
Study of floral biology & different cultivars of banana for their genome
Study of different species of citrus & morphological description
Study of floral biology of Guava & Sapota
Study of floral biology of grape and pomegranate
Study of pollen fertility in major fruit crops
Study & practice of crossing technique in major fruit crops
Study of polyembryony in certain mango & citrus spp
Study of different sex forms of papaya, their anthesis time
Visit to Biotechnology Lab & study of in– vitro breeding techniques
Exposure to resistance breeding & screening techniques
Practices in mutation breeding
Botany, floral biology, selfing and crossing techniques for plantation crops
Study of pollen viability, emasculation and pollination procedures in plantation crops
Production of hybrids in plantation crops
Visit to research institutes involved in Plantation crops Research
Practical examination
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