Syllabus Course
Bachelor of Science in Agriculture (Genetics and Plant Breeding)
Introduction to Genetics | Cell Division: Mitosis and Meiosis | Mendelian Principles of Heredity |
Study of Chromosome Structure, Multiple Alleles, Pleiotropism and Pseudoalleles and Blood Group Genetics | Linkage and Its Estimation, Crossing Over Mechanisms, Chromosome Mapping | Sex Determination and Sex Linkage, Sex Limited, and Sex Influenced Traits |
Qualitative and Quantitative Traits, Polygenes and Continuous Variations, Multiple Factor Hypothesis | Cytoplasmic Inheritance | Mutation- Classification, Methods Inducing Mutation and CIB Technique, Mutagenic Agents and Induction of Mutation |
Structural and Numerical Changes in Chromosome; Nature, Structure and Replication of Genetic Material | Protein Synthesis- Transcription and Translational Mechanism of Genetic Material | Gene Concept- Gene Structure and Functions |
Gene Regulation- Lac and TRP operons (Practical) |
Practical
Study of Microscope | Study of Cell Structure and Functions |
Practice on Mitotic and Meiotic Cell Division | Experiments on Monohybrid, Dihybrid, Trihybrid, Back Cross and Test Cross |
Chi-Square Test, Epistatic Interactions | Determination of Linkage and Cross Over Analysis (Through Two-Point Test Cross and Three-Point Test Cross-Data) |
M.Sc. (Agriculture) – Genetics and Plant Breeding
FIRST SEMESTER
PRINCIPLES OF GENETICS | PRINCIPLES OF CYTOGENETICS | PRINCIPLES OF PLANT BREEDING |
STATISTICAL METHODS | PRACTICAL (ALL PAPERS) |
SECOND SEMESTER
PRINCIPLES OF QUANTITATIVE GENETICS | MUTAGENESIS AND MUTATION BREEDING | CELL BIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR GENETICS |
EXPERIMENTAL DESIGNS | PRACTICAL (ALL PAPERS) |
THIRD SEMESTER
BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR CROP IMPROVEMENT | BREEDING FOR BIOTIC AND ABIOTIC STRESS RESISTANCE | BREEDING CEREALS, SUGARCANE |
BREEDING CEREALS, SUGARCANE, LEGUMES, OILSEEDS AND FIBRE CROPS | HETEROSIS BREEDING | PRACTICAL (ALL PAPERS) |
FOURTH SEMESTER
MAINTENANCE BREEDING, CONCEPTS OF VARIETY RELEASE AND SEED PRODUCTION | THESIS (THESIS EVALUATION) | SEMINAR |
(Special Paper-I) (CONSERVATION& UTILIZATION OF PLANT GENETICS RESOURCES) | (Special Paper-II) (PLANT BREEDING PERSPECTIVE) |