Custom Training for Plant Breeders

Dr. Todd C. Wehner

Plant breeding training is available for groups of plant breeders interested in learning new areas or in reviewing subject matter taken in graduate or undergraduate degree programs
Sessions can be tailored for small or large groups and for 1- to 7-day sessions
- Example: small group to meet weekly on-line during lunch hour or during off-season
Instructors running the session will be chosen to depending on the subject areas of interest to the group

Introduction
- Plant Breeding Objectives
- Germplasm Resources
- Reproduction in the Angiosperms
  - Cross-Pollinated Crops
  - Self-Pollinated Crops
  - Asexually-Propaged Crops, Apomixis
- Qualitative Genetics
- Cytogenetics
- Population Genetics
- Quantitative Genetics
  - Value and variance
  - Genetic variances
  - NC Designs
Breeding Cross-Pollinated Crops
- Inbreeding Depression/Heterosis
- Populations
- Inbreds
  - Dihaploids
- Hybrids
  - Diallel Analysis, Combining Ability
- Genetic Control of Pollen
  - Sex expression
  - Self-incompatibility
  - Male sterility
- Recurrent Selection
  - Population Improvement, Family Selection
- Gain from Selection
  - Indirect Selection, Molecular Markers
- Synthetic Cultivars
Breeding Self-Pollinated Crops
- Bulk Breeding
- Pedigree Breeding
- Backcross Breeding, Marker-Assisted BC
Special Topics
- Induced Variation; Mutation Breeding
- Intellectual Property Rights
- Project Management
- Mechanization
- Integrated Breeding Databases
- Phenomics; Large-Scale Phenotyping
- Genotype x Environment Interaction
- Index Selection
- Disease Resistance
- Insect and Arachnid Resistance
- Stress Tolerance
Breeding Clonal Crops
- Polyploidy
- Interspecific Hybridization
- Breeding Asexually-Propagated Crops
- Breeding Large Perennials
Plant Breeding Program Overview