Apply inheritance and genetic variation to crop selection and improvement. Compare conventional breeding with modern molecular approaches.

Learning outcomes

  • Solve basic inheritance problems
  • Describe a breeding cycle
  • Assess a trait-selection decision

Main topics

  • Mendelian inheritance
  • Quantitative traits
  • Selection
  • Breeding ethics

Practical task

Design a simple improvement plan for a locally important crop and stated production constraint.

Assessment

Genetics problem set and improvement-plan report.