University :Mansoura University |
Faculty :Faculty of Agriculture |
Department :Genetics |
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| 1- Course data :- |
| | Code: | 29 | | Course title: | Fundamentals of Plant Breeding | | Year/Level: | ثالثة شعبة عامة | | Program Title: | - بكالوريوس العلوم الزراعية - شعبة عامه
| | Specialization: | | | Teaching Hours: | Theoretical: | 2 | Tutorial: | | Practical: | 2 |
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| 2- Course aims :- |
| - Recoggnizing the importance of plant breeding as a science and art.
- Learning the basic information about the sexual reproduction.
- Knowing the ways of artificial hybridization including emasculation and fertilization.
- Awareness about up to date modern techniques for crop improvements.
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| 3- Course Learning Outcomes :- |
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| 4- Course contents :- |
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| 1 | Historical introduction and identifications of plant breeding | | | 2 | Phenotypic variance, Inbreeding and heterosis | | | 3 | The methods of plant breeding | | | 4 | Breeding for disease and insect resistance | | | 5 | Mutaions and plant breeding | | | 6 | Polyploidy in plant breeding | | | 7 | Role of genetic engineering in plant breeding | |
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| 5- Teaching and learning methods :- |
| | S | Method |
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| Lectures | | Laboratory practice | | Field practice |
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| 6- Teaching and learning methods of disables :- |
| - Nothing
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| 7- Student assessment :- |
| A. Timing |
| | No | Method | Week |
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| 1 | Mid-Term examination | 7 | | 2 | Final-term examination | 15 | | 3 | Oral examination | 13 | | 4 | Practical examination | 14 |
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| B. Degree |
| | No | Method | Degree |
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| 1 | Mid_term examination | 5 | | 2 | Final_term examination | 60 | | 3 | Oral examination | 10 | | 4 | Practical examination | 20 | | 5 | Semester work | 5 | | 6 | Other types of asessment | 0.0 | | Total | 100% |
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| 8- List of books and references |
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| 1 | Principle of plant breeding by Staff members of genetics department, Mansoura Univ | | | 2 | Principles of Plant Genetics and Breeding. George Acquaah (2006). | | | 3 | An Introduction to Plant Breeding. Jack Brown and Peter Caligari (2007). | | | 4 | Journal of Plant Breeding | |
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| 9- Matrix of knowledge and skills of the course |
| | S | Content | Study week |
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| Historical introduction and identifications of plant breeding | | | Phenotypic variance, Inbreeding and heterosis | | | The methods of plant breeding | | | Breeding for disease and insect resistance | | | Mutaions and plant breeding | | | Polyploidy in plant breeding | | | Role of genetic engineering in plant breeding | |
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| Course Coordinator(s): - |
| - Mamdouh Mohamed Abd El Maksoud
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| Head of department: - |
| Khalifa Abdel-Maksoud Zayed |
