Overview
Description
This course explores the history and methods of plant breeding, and introduces students to the cultural and legal ramifications of the art and science of producing the global food supply.
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Fall
Terms
fall
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- differentiate between natural and artificial selection as they relate to plant evolution, domestication, and modern breeding.
- describe methods for inducing synthetic variation (mutations) that will have selection and economic value.
- demonstrate synthesis of the U + G SLOs to form a novel hypothesis about plant genetic improvement that can be tested by developing the right kind of plant populations and methods.