PRINCIPLES OF PLANT BREEDING

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: ( GENETICS 466 , 467 , PLANTSCI 338 , or HORT 338 prior to Fall 2025) and ( BOTANY/BIOLOGY 130 , ZOOLOGY/BIOLOGY/BOTANY 151 , or BIOCORE 381 ), or graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Natural Science & Wellness Breadth - Biological Science Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify key biological and quantitative principles behind the science of plant breeding. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Recognize how genetic variation is generated and how other sources of variation can affect phenotypes. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Describe how crops were domesticated, and how germplasm can be deployed by plant breeders to improve crops. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Apply scientific theories, concepts, reasoning, and quantitative and qualitative approaches to understand and solve problems in plant breeding and plant genetics. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Use terminology accurately and effectively in describing plant breeding phenomena and processes. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Evaluate and discuss relevant scientific concepts. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 7. Relate scientific information found in primary scientific literature to key issues and concepts in plant breeding. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify key biological and quantitative principles behind the science of plant breeding. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Recognize how genetic variation is generated and how other sources of variation can affect phenotypes. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Describe how crops were domesticated, and how germplasm can be deployed by plant breeders to improve crops. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Apply scientific theories, concepts, reasoning, and quantitative and qualitative approaches to understand and solve problems in plant breeding and plant genetics. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Use terminology accurately and effectively in describing plant breeding phenomena and processes. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Evaluate and discuss relevant scientific concepts. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 7. Relate scientific information found in primary scientific literature to key issues and concepts in plant breeding. Audience: Graduate