Plant breeding is a bigger industry than most people realize. In some places, earnings from plant breeding rights can equal or exceed earnings from actually producing plants. Today's nurseryman needs to understand plant breeding and selection; and to this end, this course is a very valuable and unique course for anyone working in the modern industry.

There are 7 lessons in this course:

1. The Scope and Nature of the Plant Breeding Industry
2. Introduction to Genetics
3. Gamete Production, Pollination and Fertilisation in Plants
4. Mono Hybrid and Dihybrid Inheritance in Plants
5. Systematic Botany and Floral Structures
6. Practical Plant Breeding Techniques
7. Current Developments in Plant Genetics

Each lesson culminates in an assignment which is submitted to the school, marked by the school's tutors and returned to you with any relevant suggestions, comments, and if necessary, extra reading.

• Describe the commercial and scientific nature of the modern plant breeding industry, on a global basis
• Describe the structure and function of genetic material
• Describe gamete production in plants.
• Explain the results of mono hybrid and dihybrid inheritance in plants.
• Investigate the role of systematic botany in horticulture.
• Explain a variety of different plant breeding techniques.
• Review current developments in plant breeding.

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