Plant Breeding Overview (HS 521)

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Lecture 11 – Disease, Insect and Stress Resistance

1. Disease Resistance
   1. Disease Pyramid
   2. Breeding Procedure
   3. Evaluation of Resistance
   4. Host-Pathogen Interaction
   5. Developing Resistant Cultivars
   6. Strategies for Deploying Resistance
2. Stress Resistance
3. Arthropod (Insect and Arachnid) Resistance
   1. Mechanisms of Resistance
   2. Tolerance vs. Antibiosis
   3. Non-Preference
   4. Antibiosis
   5. Tolerance