******INTERNATIONAL COURSE ON APPLIED PLANT BREEDING

Wageningen/The Netherlands, March 8 - June 20, 1998

OBJECTIVE

The course is an in-service training course intended for university trained

specialists in plant breeding, mainly from developing countries, who have

not recently had the opportunity to acquaint themselves with modern plant

breeding techniques. Its aim is to upgrade the participants knowledge of

and to give information on new developments in applied plant breeding

through lectures and practical training. To be eligible, candidates should

have been engaged in plant breeding activities for several years, either in

a breeding programme, in teaching or in a crop improvement programme where

breeding is a major component.

The programme of lectures and exercises can be summarized as follows:

1. Basic disciplines and introduction to plant breeding: genetics,

cytological techniques, flowering biology and hydrib varieties, theoretical

aspects of plant breeding, selection methods, practical training in breeding

techniques.

2. Design and statistical analysis of experiments: the use of calculator

and computer will be practised (CADEMO for planning and analysis of field

experiments)

3. Breeding for disease and pest resistance: general introduction,

techniques used in disease research, disease resistance in practical

breeding programmes.

4. Genetic variation and modification: ploidy, interspecific

hybridization, mutation breeding, genetic resources.

5. Breeding strategies: breeding strategies are a central issue in this

training; a number of breeding programmes, as carried out by institutes and

Dutch breeding firms, will be presented.

6. Breeding for sustainable development: deals with the contribution of

plant breeders to improvement of agricultural production as a component of

sustainable development.

7. Use of computer: the computer will be used for exercises in

statistics, genetics and theoretical aspects of plant breeding.

8. Excursions to various parts of the Netherlands, breeding stations,

research institutes and private firms.

9. Library/optional programme: time is reserved for visits to libraries of

the Agricultural University and institutes of research in plant breeding,

and for optional programmes.

Note: the course does not focus on biotechnology.

ADDRESS(direct contacts):

International Agricultural Centre (IAC), P.O.Box 88, 6700 AB Wageningen, The

Netherlands, Lawickse Allee 11, telephone 31-317-490111, Telefax

31-317-418552

e-mail IAC@IAC.AGRO.NL

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