PLSCI 6080

PLSCI 6080

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2024-2025.

Field trips to plant breeding programs involve discussion of breeding methods used, overall goals, selection and screening techniques, and variety and germplasm release. Additional labs include selection techniques for various traits, intellectual property issues, genetically modified crops, and international agriculture. For a term project, each student designs a comprehensive breeding program on a chosen crop.

When Offered Fall.

Comments Mandatory trip to Cornell AgriTech in Geneva.

Outcomes
  • Design a breeding program to improve both quantitative and qualitative traits in plants.
  • Describe the impact that plant breeding has on community and global health and well-being.
  • Convey to professional and lay audiences, orally and in writing, information about the organization and scope of a plant breeding program.
  • Articulate a vision for the future trends that will transform plant breeding in the coming decade.

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one laboratory and one field studies. Combined with: PLSCI 4080

  • 2 Credits Graded

  •  2345 PLSCI 6080   LAB 401

    • TR Mann Library 413
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024
    • Sorrells, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  2346 PLSCI 6080   FLD 801

    • S Geneva, NY
    • Sep 21, 2024
    • Sorrells, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Mandatory trip to Cornell AgriTech in Geneva. One Saturday field trip is required.