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Tema 2017:

Selection in plant breeding has traditionally relied on scoring the phenotype. Marker assisted selection using DNA markers has proven to be useful for direct selection of some individual traits. Dramatic reduction in the price of nucleotide sequencing has led to description of a growing number of crop plants by their whole genome sequence. This, combined with affordable genotyping of individuals, has led to a dramatic increase in marker density for several crop plant species, allowing selection at genomic level to be practical, in the same way that has proven useful in animal breeding. The course focuses on genomic selection and prediction which is becoming possible in plant breeding.

Knowledge:

- Understanding marker assisted selection and association genetics

- Understanding the principles of genomic selection and prediction

- Knowledge about the genome editing technologies Skills - Be able to design a breeding program for a specific crop species and target - Be able to identify required information in order to carry out a breeding project Competence - Be able to evaluate feasibility of breeding for a given trait - Be able to suggest critical measures to reach the goal