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Plant genetics and crop breeding I.
What is plant breeding?
What is the main requirement for basic plant breeding?
What is genetic diversity?
Where do plant breeders find genetic diversity?
What is a gene bank?
What are cultivars, clones and landraces?
How do plants reproduce sexually?
How do plant breeders cross plants?
How do plants reproduce asexually?
How do plants reproduce asexually? II.
Where do our crops come from? I. Maize
Where do our crops come from? II. Tomato
Where do our crops come from? III. Banana
Plant genetics and crop breeding II.
What is hybridisation?
What are intraspecific or F1 hybrids?
How do you develop a new crop variety by conventional breeding? I.
How do you develop a new crop variety by conventional breeding? II.
How are genetic traits inherited?
What is the difference between yellow and white maize?
How do you develop a new crop variety by marker-assisted selection?
How do you develop a new crop variety by genetic modification?
Conventional plant breeding overview
Genetic modification for plant breeding
Why do breeders backcross elite events into elite varieties?
The regulatory approval system & vegetatively propagated crops by GM
Plant breeding: options and requirements
What is the difference between an F1 hybrid and a GM plant?
Introduction to genes & crops
What is a gene?
What is a chromosome?
How are chromosomes inherited?
What is an allele?
How are simple traits inherited?
How does sexual reproduction generate genetic variation?
Crop improvement and Management
Bananas
Cassava
Cowpea
Companion cropping: Push-Pull Technology
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