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CROP 426 — Genetics and Plant Breeding
Agriculture · University of Ghana
Introduction to evolutionary, population and quantitative genetics. Plant genetic resources. Reproductive systems in crop plants. The genetics basis and methods for breeding self-and cross-pollinated crops. Mutation breeding. Polyploidy. Inter-and intra-specific hybridization. Introduction to techniques of biotechnology utilized or with potential to be utilized in crop improvement.
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Level 400
- Semester
- Semester Two
Other courses on this programme
- AGEC 400 — Research Project
- AGEC 406 — Managerial and Business Economics
- AGEC 410 — Agrifood Business and Agroprocessing
- AGEC 411 — Agricultural Marketing & Price Analysis
- AGEC 413 — Agribusiness Management
- AGEC 415 — Quantitative Methods & Operations Research
- AGEC 417 — Management Accounting
- AGEC 418 — Fundamentals of Business Planning & Policy
- AGEC 419 — Market Research and Analysis
- AGEX 411 — Theoretical Foundations of Innovation in Development Work
- AGEX 412 — Management of Development Organisations
- AGEX 413 — Rural Livelihoods and Food Security
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Start freeCourse details from University of Ghana Volume 3 Handbook for the Bachelor's Degree: Course Descriptions for Programmes in the Sciences (2017).