2024
Genetics and Plant Breeding
Name: Genetics and Plant Breeding
Code: FIT13885L
6 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/156 hours
Scientific Area:
Agronomy
Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese, English
Regime de Frequência: Presencial
Sustainable Development Goals
Learning Goals
The students should:
To acquire the basic knowledge on plant genetics and to apply it for plant breeding.
To use classical and recent techniques and methodologies for plant breeding and to understand how complementary they are.
To Understand the genetic diversity of the vegetal kingdom and to have a critical opinion about how man modifies it on its profit.
To acquire the basic knowledge on plant genetics and to apply it for plant breeding.
To use classical and recent techniques and methodologies for plant breeding and to understand how complementary they are.
To Understand the genetic diversity of the vegetal kingdom and to have a critical opinion about how man modifies it on its profit.
Contents
-Classical Genetics: Mendelian Genetics; Extension of Mendel lows: Cytoplasmatic hereditarity.
-Cytogenetics: Chromosome structure; Chromosome changes in structure and number; Autossomes and sexual chromosomes
-Molecular Genetics: DNA replication; Gene expression: transcription and translation; Genetic organization in eukaryotes
-Population Genetics: Genotypic and phenotypic frequencies; Hardy-Weinberg law; Basis of genetic changes.
-Quantitative Genetics: Continuous variation of characters; Phenotypic and genotypic variance; Heritability evaluation.
-Superior plants reproduction systems; Plant reproduction and plant breeding conditioning.
-Genetic diversity: Origin centres; Genetic resources; Genetic vulnerability.
-Classical breeding techniques and methodologies; Breeding autogamic plants; Breeding allogamic plants; Breeding plants vegetatively propagated.
-Plant Biotechnology and plant breeding: In vitro culture techniques; Genetically Modified Organisms;
Marker Assisted Selection
-Cytogenetics: Chromosome structure; Chromosome changes in structure and number; Autossomes and sexual chromosomes
-Molecular Genetics: DNA replication; Gene expression: transcription and translation; Genetic organization in eukaryotes
-Population Genetics: Genotypic and phenotypic frequencies; Hardy-Weinberg law; Basis of genetic changes.
-Quantitative Genetics: Continuous variation of characters; Phenotypic and genotypic variance; Heritability evaluation.
-Superior plants reproduction systems; Plant reproduction and plant breeding conditioning.
-Genetic diversity: Origin centres; Genetic resources; Genetic vulnerability.
-Classical breeding techniques and methodologies; Breeding autogamic plants; Breeding allogamic plants; Breeding plants vegetatively propagated.
-Plant Biotechnology and plant breeding: In vitro culture techniques; Genetically Modified Organisms;
Marker Assisted Selection
Teaching Methods
Teaching: Theoretical classes; Problem solving; Use of the E-learning platform
Evaluation: For each CU component, Genetics and Plant Breeding, respectively, 3 tests will be carried out on each component. For the final grade will be counted the 2 best grades of each component. Students approve if the average obtained is greater than or equal to 9.5 values, on a 0 to 20scale. Students who do not opt for this continuing assessment scheme may undergo a final exam in normal evaluation period. Students who fail the continuing assessment or the final exam of normal evaluation period, can still approve on the CU in an appeal exam.
Evaluation: For each CU component, Genetics and Plant Breeding, respectively, 3 tests will be carried out on each component. For the final grade will be counted the 2 best grades of each component. Students approve if the average obtained is greater than or equal to 9.5 values, on a 0 to 20scale. Students who do not opt for this continuing assessment scheme may undergo a final exam in normal evaluation period. Students who fail the continuing assessment or the final exam of normal evaluation period, can still approve on the CU in an appeal exam.
Teaching Staff (2023/2024 )
- Augusto António Vieira Peixe [responsible]
- Lénia Isabel Alfaiate Rodrigues
