APPLIED GENOMICS AND PLANT BREEDING
SCI2GPB
2020
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, as well as modern molecular and cell biology techniques used for breeding . Concepts in molecular biology, genomics, plant breeding and bioinformatics will be presented to support development of practical skills such as grafting, plant tissue culture, nucleic acid extraction, polymerase chain reaction and testing expression levels of interesting and desirable plant traits. A suite of molecular techniques will be evaluated for detecting genetics ariation 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.
School: Life Sciences (Pre 2022)
Credit points: 15
Subject Co-ordinator: Anthony Gendall
Available to Study Abroad/Exchange Students: No
Subject year level: Year Level 2 - UG
Available as Elective: No
Learning Activities: N/A
Capstone subject: No
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites: SCI1LS2 and Admission into SBATE
Co-requisites: N/A
Incompatible subjects: N/A
Equivalent subjects: N/A
Quota Management Strategy: N/A
Quota-conditions or rules: N/A
Special conditions: The plant grafting workshop is delivered at the Fairfield Campus of Melbourne Polytechnic.
Minimum credit point requirement: N/A
Assumed knowledge: N/A
Learning resources
Advances in plant breeding strategies: Breeding, Biotechnology and Molecular Tools
Resource Type: Book
Resource Requirement: Recommended
Author: Al-Khayri, JM
Year: 2015
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Publisher: SPRINGER (SPRINGER NATURE), USA
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Advanced Molecular plant breeding
Resource Type: Book
Resource Requirement: Recommended
Author: Bharadwaj, DN
Year: 2018
Edition/Volume: N/A
Publisher: APPLE ACADEMIC PRESS INC. CANADA
ISBN: N/A
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Introduction to genetic analysis
Resource Type: Book
Resource Requirement: Recommended
Author: Griffiths, A, Wessler, S, Carroll, S & Doebley, J
Year: 2010
Edition/Volume: N/A
Publisher: W.H. FREEMAN & COMPANY, USA.
ISBN: N/A
Chapter/article title: N/A
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URL: N/A
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Principles of plant genetics
Resource Type: Book
Resource Requirement: Recommended
Author: Duran, N
Year: 2019
Edition/Volume: N/A
Publisher: Callisto Reference
ISBN: N/A
Chapter/article title: N/A
Chapter/issue: N/A
URL: N/A
Other description: N/A
Source location: N/A
Genomes
Resource Type: Book
Resource Requirement: Recommended
Author: Brown, TA
Year: 2017
Edition/Volume: 4TH EDN
Publisher: GARLAND SCIENCE
ISBN: N/A
Chapter/article title: N/A
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Source location: N/A
Breeding field crops
Resource Type: Book
Resource Requirement: Recommended
Author: Sleper, D & Poehlman, J
Year: 2006
Edition/Volume: N/A
Publisher: WILEY, NJ.
ISBN: N/A
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URL: N/A
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Source location: N/A
Career Ready
Career-focused: No
Work-based learning: No
Self sourced or Uni sourced: N/A
Entire subject or partial subject: N/A
Total hours/days required: N/A
Location of WBL activity (region): N/A
WBL addtional requirements: N/A
Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes
Graduate Capabilities
Intended Learning Outcomes
Epping (Melbourne Polytechnic), 2020, Semester 1, Day
Overview
Online enrolment: Yes
Maximum enrolment size: N/A
Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Anthony Gendall
Class requirements
Laboratory ClassWeek: 10 - 22
One 3.00 hours laboratory class per week on weekdays during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via face-to-face.
LectureWeek: 10 - 22
One 2.00 hours lecture per week on weekdays during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via online.
Assessments
| Assessment element | Category | Contribution | Hurdle | % | ILO* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Two Laboratory Reports (500 words each) (1,000-words total) | N/A | N/A | No | 25 | SILO2, SILO5 |
Four tutorial exercises (375 words each, 1,500-word total | N/A | N/A | No | 30 | SILO1, SILO3, SILO4, SILO5 |
One 2 hour end-of-semester written examination (2,000-word equivalent) | N/A | N/A | No | 45 | SILO1, SILO3, SILO4, SILO5 |