Mendelian inheritance. Linkage and chromosome mapping. Sex linked and extra-nuclear inheritance. Quantitative and population Genetics. Organisation of genetic material. Structure, properties and replication of DNA. Gene structure, control expression and transmission. Protein synthesis. Genetic engineering for crop improvement and ornamentals.
Objectives of plant breeding. Selection techniques. Methods of crop improvement. Genetic variation and manipulation of variability. Breeding of selected crops and ornamentals. Biotechnology in plant breeding.
