Basic methods and objectives of plant breeding (1108)

Prof.dr.sc. Sonja Vila
The headline doc.dr.sc. Alojzije Lalić, zn. Advisor-permanent choice

(SV) Faculty of Agrobiotechnical Sciences, Josip Juraj Strossmyer University of Osijek
(AL) Agricultural Institute Osijek

Understand the procedures of using the effects of genes in improving the economic properties of cultivated plants. To know the goals of classical breeding or breeding with the help of biotechnology as a scientific and professional discipline whose goal is ultimately to create new cultivars.

1. Name: Introduction and history of breeding. Content:The importance of breeding, stages in the development of breeding and the most important periods (breeding of varieties, single hybridization, double hybridization), breeding to various properties.
2. Name: Genetic resources in plant breeding and improving germplasm. Content: The purpose and goal of the course is to introduce students to the meaning of genetic resources and ways of using them in the breeding of cultural plants.
3. Name: Breeding methods and breeding goals. Content: Methods of breeding and selection of self-pollinated cultures, methods of breeding and selection of foreign-pollinated cultures, recurrent selection, selection of hybrids, selection of clonal and synthetic cultivars.
4. Name: Adaptability and stability of the genotype, Interaction of genotype × environment. Content: Experiments in several environments (space and time) – Experiment design - Concept and interpretation.
5. Name: Molecular techniques in breeding. Content: Genomics of individual cultures, analysis of genetic divergentness, cell and tissue culture, advantages and disadvantages of using molecular marker methods in plant breeding, RFLP method, METHODS based on PCR reaction, methods of gene transfer and GM plant in plant breeding.
6. Name: "Case studies". Content: Elaboration of special problems in research in the breeding of wheat, barley, corn, soybeans, sunflower, alfalfa.

1. Explain the concept of plant breeding.
2. Manage breeding and selection work in the field and laboratory.
3. Make argumentative decisions on the directions, decisions and methods of plant breeding using different genetic sources with the aim of preserving or expanding genetic diversity, variability and improving the quantitative and other properties of elite germplasm.
4. Critically judge how environmental factors influence the yield and quality parameters of genotypes in certain crops of agricultural plants and the adaptability and stability of genotypes.
5. To evaluate the possibilities and the need to apply biotechnology in plant breeding.

Students are obliged to attend lectures or consultations, exercises and seminars.

Martinčić, J., V. Kozumplik and Associates (1996): Breeding plants of Jelaska, Sibila (1994): Culture of plant cells and tissues. It's a school book. Zagreb
John Milton Poehlman, David Allen Sleper ( 1995): Breeding field crops, 4nd edition, Iowa State University Press,
Katarina Borojević (1986): Genes and Population, Forum, Novi Sad.
Collin, H.A. and Edwards, S. (1998): Plant Cell Culture. BIOS Scientific Publishers. Oxford, UK. Newton, C.R. and Graham, G.A. (1997): PCR. Second edition. BIOS Scientific Publishers. Oxford, UK.
Hallauer, A.R., W.A. Russel, and K.R. Lamkey. Corn breeding in 1988. p. 463-564. In: G.F. Sprague and J.W. Dudley (eds.) Corn and corn improvement. Third edition. ASA, CSSA, SSSA, Madison, WI, USA

- Theoretical and Applied Genetics, Plant Breeding, Euphytica, Crop Science, Agriculture, Agricultural Science Review, Cereal Research.
- Bernardo, Rex (2010) Breeding for quantitative traits in plants, 2nd edition. Stemma Press, Woodbury, MN. (ISBN 978-0-0-9720724-1-0)
- Acquaah, G. (2007) Principles of Plant Genetics and Breeding, Blackwell Publishing, Oxford, UK.
- During the course of teaching, the latest papers published in reference international journals will be determined, which will be used for the preparation of seminars

The success of the course will be evaluated annually by the joint expert committee of the Ruđer Boskovic Institute, the University of Dubrovnik and the University of Josip Juraj Strossmayer in Osijek based on exam success and surveys.