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| UofA HORT 60303 - Molecular Plant Breeding |
I. COURSE DESCRIPTION:HORT6033 Molecular Plant Breeding: An in-depth study of genetic improvement and techniques in plant molecular breeding. The course will cover lecture, research project, and computer tools. The research project will be required as a class assignment. Topics to be discussed include molecular marker discovery and identification, genetic diversity and population structure analysis, linkage and QTL mapping, genome-wide association study (GWAS), marker-assisted selection (MAS), genomic prediction and selection (GP and GS), and related bioinformatics.II. TOPICS SCHEDULE OF THE CLASS
III. PROJECTEach student will complete an individual or team research project using real experimental data. Projects will include genetic diversity and population structure analysis, GWAS, and genomic prediction (GP), with TA/RA support for proposal writing, data analysis, and manuscript preparation. The course will also include RNA-seq experiments in tomato and spinach for salt tolerance, using 48 samples per crop: 2 lines × 2 treatments × 3 replicates × 4 time points.IV. WORKSHOPThere are four workshops: (1) genetic diversity, (2) GWAS, (3) GP, (4) Omics, and (5) AI. Guest speakers will give their lectures on GWAS and GP. Our lab members will also give talks. Welcome anyone joining in for providing a lecture, for chatting, and for learning! We will invite guest speakers to talk in the workshops. |
