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CSES-5304: Advanced Plant Genetics and Breeding

Description: Plant breeding theory and methodology for the improvement of argonomic and horticultural crops; genetic diversity; polyploidy; gene inheritance, expression, interaction, and stability; incompatibility; male sterility; haploidy; genetic engineering and transformation; parental selection, hybridization, and population development; breeding methods, genotypic and phenotypic line selection and evaluation; strategies for cultivar development including marker assisted selection and breeding for durable disease resistance. Graduate standing required.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 4 credits

Prerequisites: N/A

Required By: N/A

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 3

Average GPA: 3.78 (A)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 52.40%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.00%

Staff Griffey201478.6%21.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.722
Staff Santantonio2024100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.911

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