Course Outcome

  1. To develop presentation skills among students.
  2. Presentation and discussion by each student on current
    topics/interests in vegetable production and improvement.

This practical covers essential plant breeding techniques for vegetable crops. It includes the use of a vegetable breeder’s kit, selfing and crossing methods, and floral biology studies of crops like cucurbits, cauliflower, carrot, radish, beetroot, and onion. Students also explore advanced breeding techniques such as CMS systems, polyploidy induction, and mutation breeding. Additionally, screening methods for abiotic stress, disease, and insect resistance, as well as molecular marker techniques, are studied. A visit to breeding blocks provides hands-on exposure to real-world breeding practices.

Objective: To impart comprehensive knowledge about principles and practices of cross pollinated vegetable crops breeding.

Course outcomes: After successful completion of the course, the students are expected to

CO-1

Acquire knowledge about the breeding of cross pollinated vegetable crops

CO-2

Improve yield, quality, abiotic and biotic resistance, and important traits of cross pollinated vegetable crops

CO-3

Explain  how to start the breeding of cross pollinated vegetable crops

CO-4

Analyse the importance of breeding programme of cross pollinated vegetable crops

CO-5

Apply how to develop new varieties of  cross pollinated vegetable crops