BASICS OF PLANT BREEDING

CO 1. Understanding about IPR, patent and Plant Breeders & Farmers Rights.

  CO 2.  Understanding the diversity, inheritance and variation in crops.

  CO 3. Evaluating the different breeding methods in asexually propagated, self and cross pollinated crops.

  CO 4. Applying the different breeding techniques for crop improvement.

 

Historical development, concept, nature and role of plant breeding, major achievements and future prospects; Genetics in rlation to plant breeding, modes of reproduction and apomixes, self-incompatibility and male-sterility-genetic consequences, cultivar options, Domestication, Acclimatization and Introduction; Centres of origin/diversity, Components of Genetic variation; Heritability and genetic advance; Genetic basis and breeding methods in self pollinated crops-mass and pure line selection, hybridization techniques and handling of segregating population; Multiline concept, Concepts of population genetics and Hardy-Weinberg Law, Genetic basis and methods of breeding cross-pollinated crops, modes of selection; Population movement schemes- Ear to Row method, Modified Ear to Row, recurrent selection schemes; Heterosis and inbreeding depression, development of inbred lines and hybrids, composite and synthetic varieties; Breeding methods in asexually propagated crops, clonal selection and hybridization; Maintenance of breeding records and data collection; Wide hybridization and pre-breeding; Polyploidy in relation to plant breeding, mutation breeding- methods and uses; Breeding for important biotic and abiotic stresses; Biotechnological tools-DNA markers and marker assisted selection. Participatory plant breeding; Intellectual Propert Rights, Patenting, Plant Breeders & Farmer’s Rights.


Farm Machinery and Power

 Course Outcome:

  •  CO 1: Understanding the various farm implements and equipment’s.
  • CO 2: Understanding the application of implements for various operations.
  • CO 3: Evaluating the different systems of I.C. engines.
  • CO 4: Applying technical know-how on working of equipment’s.

Theory:

Status of Farm Power in India, Sources of Farm Power , I.C. engines, working principles of I C engines, comparison of two stroke and four stroke cycle engines , Study of different components of I.C. engine, I.C. engine terminology and solved problems, Familiarization with different systems of I.C. engines: Air cleaning, cooling, lubrication, fuel supply and hydraulic control system of a tractor, Familiarization with Power transmission system : clutch, gear box, differential and final drive of a tractor , Tractor types, Cost analysis of tractor power and attached implement, Criteria for selection of tractor and machine implements. Familiarization with Primary and Secondary Tillage implement, Implement for hill agriculture, implement for intercultural operations, Familiarization with sowing and planting equipment, calibration of a seed drill and solved examples, Familiarization with Plant Protection equipment, Familiarization with harvesting and threshing equipment.