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Course Syllabus
Plant Breeding Methods (CS, GN, HS
741)
- Instructor
- Secretary
- Marie Hall
- 224 Kilgore Hall
- Phone: 515-3167
- Teaching Assistant
- Classroom
- 125 Kilgore Hall
- Schedule:
- 8:05 - 8:55 AM, Mon./Wed./Fri.
- Office hours
- Drop in or by appointment
- Course description and objectives
- This is an introductory Plant Breeding course for first
year graduate students and advanced undergraduate students.
The emphasis is on traditional methods of developing improved
cultivars of cross-pollinated, self-pollinated, and asexually-propagated
crops, and the genetic principles on which breeding methods
are based. The purpose of this course is to provide the
student a general background in all areas of plant breeding.
The goal is to develop students who successfully complete
this course to be knowledgable in all of the areas of plant
breeding, and to have sufficient understanding to be able
to master the advanced courses in plant breeding at NC State
and other universities.
- Grading
- Exam I (100 points)
- Exam II (100 points)
- Exam III (100 points)
- Exercises (200 points)
- Semester Project (200 points)
- Final Exam (300 points)
- Total (1000 points)
- Prerequisites
- GN 703 and ST 511 (ST 512 recommended)
- Text
- Fehr, W. R. 1987. Principles of cultivar development.
Volume 1. Theory and technique. Iowa State University Press,
Ames, Iowa. 536 p.
- Useful references
- Allard, R. W. 1999. Principles of plant breeding. John
Wiley & Sons, New York. 485 p.
- Jensen, N. F. 1988. Plant breeding methodology. John Wiley
& Sons, New York. 676 p.
- Briggs, F. N. and P. F. Knowles. 1967. Introduction to
plant breeding. Reinhold Publishing Corp., New York. 426
p.
- Assignments
- There will be assigned reading for each topic.
- There will be class discussion centered on 10 exercises
distributed after each major topic.
- Students will write a semester project summarizing the
breeding information available for a crop of interest to
the student.
- Attendance
- All students are expected to attend every lecture. Students
needing to be absent should notify the instructor in advance.
Make up exams will not be given.
- Laboratory
- This course does not have a laboratory. Students are encouraged
to take Plant Breeding Laboratory (CS, GN, HS 860-861).
- Field trips
- This course has no field trips.
- Academic integrity
- Both faculty and students at North Carolina State University
have a responsibility to maintain academic integrity. An
informational brochure about academic integrity is available
from the university and students are encouraged to obtain
a copy. Additional information is contained in the NCSU
Code of Student Conduct.
- Academic dishonesty
- Scholarly activity is marked by honesty, fairness and
rigor. A scholar does not take credit for the work of others,
does not take unfair advantage of others, and does not perform
acts which frustrate the scholarly efforts of others. The
violation of any of these principles is academic dishonesty.
Academic dishonesty includes the giving, taking, or presenting
of information or material by a student with the intent
of unethically or fraudulently aiding oneself or another
person on any work which is to be considered in the determination
of a grade or the completion of academic requirements.
- Students with disabilities
- If you have a documented disability, please schedule an
appointment with the course instructor to discuss academic
accommodations.
- The honor pledge
- The students and faculty of NCSU believe that the willingness
of students to affirm and adhere to the essential values
of honesty and integrity in all their academic endeavors
is exemplified in the Honor Pledge: I have neither given
nor received unauthorized aid on this test or assignment.
It is university policy that all students sign the Honor
Pledge on tests and assignments for each course as specified
by the instructor.
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