sci2gpb app gen plant
APPLIED GENOMICS AND PLANT BREEDING
SCI2GPB
2014
Credit points: 15
Subject outline
This subject explores plant breeding technologies and applied genomics across a number of commercial enterprises. Students will develop skills in conventional plant breeding methods alongside modern plant breeding techniques utilising modern tools and methods. Concepts in molecular biology, genomics, plant breeding and bioinformatics will facilitate the learning of practical skills such as grafting, plant tissue culture, nucleic acid extraction, polymerase chain reaction, the production of primers and test expression levels of interesting and desirable plant traits. A suite of molecular techniques will be evaluated for detecting genetic variation in natural populations including first-generation methods and next-generation sequencing based methods. Techniques of statistical genomics, including methods for analysing large data sets will be introduced.
FacultyFaculty of Science, Tech & Engineering
Credit points15
Subject Co-ordinatorPeter Sale
Available to Study Abroad StudentsYes
Subject year levelYear Level 2 - UG
Exchange StudentsYes
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites SCI1LS2 and Admission into SBATE
Co-requisitesN/A
Incompatible subjectsN/A
Equivalent subjectsN/A
Special conditionsN/A
Learning resources
Readings
| Resource Type | Title | Resource Requirement | Author and Year | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Readings | Abiotic Street Adaptation in Plants, Physiological, Molecular and Genomic Foundation | Recommended | Pareek, A, Sopory, S, Bohnert, H & Govindjee (eds) 2010 | SPRINGER SCIENCE, USA. |
| Readings | Breeding field crops | Recommended | Sleper, D & Poehlman, J (eds) 2006 | WILEY, NJ. |
| Readings | Genomes | Recommended | Brown, T (ed) 2002 | 2ND EDN, WILEY-LISS, OXFORD. |
| Readings | Introduction to genetic analysis | Recommended | Griffiths, A, Wessler, S, Carroll, S & Doebley, J 2010 | W.H. FREEMAN & COMPANY, USA. |
| Readings | Molecular markers in plant genetics and biotechnology | Recommended | de Vienne, D (ed) 2003 | SCIENCE PUBLISHERS, INC, USA. |
| Readings | Molecular plant breeding | Recommended | Xu, Y (ed) 2009 | CABI PUBLISHING, OXFORDSHIRE, UK. |
| Readings | Principles of plant genetics and breeding | Recommended | Aquaah, G (ed) 2012 | 2ND EDN, WILEY-BLACKWELL, NJ. |
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Epping, 2014, Semester 1, Day
Overview
Online enrolmentYes
Maximum enrolment sizeN/A
Enrolment information
Subject Instance Co-ordinatorPeter Sale
Class requirements
Laboratory ClassWeek: 10 - 22
One 3.0 hours laboratory class per week on weekdays during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via face-to-face.
WorkShopWeek: 10 - 22
One 2.0 hours workshop per week on weekdays during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via face-to-face.
Assessments
| Assessment element | Comments | % |
|---|---|---|
| Tutorial Assessments (approx. 1000 words) | 40 | |
| Workshop (1500 words) | 20 | |
| Written Exam (2 hours) | 40 |