A free online course that introduces the fundamentals of plant breeding, its mechanisms, strategies, and challenges. In this course, you will learn the science of breeding in plants. It will cover the distribution of genetic traits and plant reproduction. The crop varieties have evolved over the years, and this course will cover the role of breeding in improving crop yield along with disease resistance. The significance of genetic diversity, specific breeding objectives, and techniques will be explained to help you master the basics.
| College | Alison |
| Course ID | 201488 |
| Course Type | Online Learning |
| Course Qualification | CPD Certificate |
| Course Duration | 1.5-3 hours |
| Course Fee | Free |
| Entry Requirements | Like all courses on the Alison Free Learning platform this is a free, CPD-accredited course. A Graduate can choose to buy a certificate or diploma upon successful completion of a course, but this is not required or necessary. At Alison we believe that free education, more than anything, has the power to break through boundaries and transform lives. Alison is the world’s largest free online empowerment platform for education and skills training, offering over 5000 CPD accredited courses and a range of impactful career development tools. It is a for-profit social enterprise dedicated to making it possible for anyone, to study anything, anywhere, at any time, for free online, at any subject level. Through our mission, we are a catalyst for positive social change, creating opportunity, prosperity, and equality for everyone. |
| Career Path | What You Will Learn In This Free Course • Outline the development, techniques, and impact of plant breeding in addressing modern challenges • Apply population and quantitative genetics principles to inform plant breeding decisions • Compare key plant reproductive mechanisms, including autogamy, allogamy, and apomixis • Apply principles of hybridisation, heterosis, and clonal propagation techniques in plant breeding • Describe the role of genetic variation, domestication, and conservation in sustainable plant breeding • Analyse the genetic and conservation principles essential for sustainable plant breeding • Identify key breeding strategies and selection methods to improve crop performance • Describe modern propagation techniques to address genetic diversity and breeding challenges • Outline the use of breeding technologies for trait improvement and genetic mapping • Evaluate crop cultivars for performance, quality, and seed certification • Recognise the benefits of Intellectual Property Rights in plant breeding • Discuss breeding objectives and challenges for selected crops |
| Course Code | 7210 |
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