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VIII. Teaching methods
• Lectures
• Power point presentations
• assignments, quiz
• Group tasks, student’s presentations
IX. Learning Outcome
Knowledge gain on plant breeding principles and applications
X. Suggested Reading
Allard RW. 1981. 
Principles of Plant Breeding.
John Wiley & Sons.
Chopra VL. 2001. 
Breeding Field Crops
. Oxford & IBH.
Chopra VL. 2004. 
Plant Breeding
. Oxford & IBH.
Poehlman JM and Borthakur DN. 1972. 
Breeding Asian Field Crops
. Oxford & IBH.
Roy D. 2003. 
Plant Breeding, Analysis and Exploitation of Variation
. Narosa Publ. House.
Sharma JR. 2001. 
Principles and Practice of Plant Breeding
. Tata McGraw-Hill.
Simmonds NW. 1990. 
Principles of Crop Improvement
. English Language Book Society.
Singh BD. 2006. 
Plant Breeding
. Kalyani Publishers, New Delhi.
I. Course Title
: Concepts in Conservation Genetics
II. Course Code
: PGR 512
III. Credit Hours
: 2(1+1)
IV. Why this course ?
To provide knowledge in genomic tools and their application in plant genetic resource
(PGR) exploration, collection, conservation and utilization.
V. Aim of the course
Conservation genetics focuses on processes within small and fragmented populations
and on practical approaches to minimize deleterious effects on them. This course
will introduce students to the relatively young discipline of conservation genetics
with the basic understanding on genetic and epigenetic principles. Emphasis will
be placed on general principles rather than specific experimental procedure. A

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basic knowledge of Mendelian genetics and simple statistics is a prerequisite for
registering this course.