Plant Breeding - Endorsed Certificate Course (TQUK - Training Qualifications UK)

Plant Breeding Online Course.100 Hours Endorsed Certificate Course (TQUK - Training Qualifications UK).

Learn to breed plants successfully. This is an ideal online course for Nurserymen, Horticulturists, Plant Enthusiasts or anyone aspiring to be a Plant Breeder.

Study genetics and plant breeding techniques. Learn from our team of professional horticulturists and plant scientists, located across both Australia and the UK.

This is an excellent course providing the necessary foundation needed to understand breeding any type of plant; an opportunity to be mentored by highly trained and experienced horticulturists and an avenue for building your networking within relevant sectors of industry.

Benefits of an ADL Endorsed Course?

Endorsed courses are skills based. They have been evaluated and approved by an independent awarding body such as Training Qualifications UK (TQUK).

What makes ADL’s Endorsed courses different?

• Flexible Self-Paced Learning– adjust your learning around your home and work commitments
• Start and Finish at any time
• Courses globally and industry relevant
• Practical Component at the end of most lessons.

Allocated your own tutor relevant to your subject. You can have as little or as much contact as you like with your tutor. They are there to support you all the way through.

This course is endorsed by TQUK -Training Qualifications UK, an OFQUAL awarding body.

Lesson Structure:

1 There are 7 lessons

• Modern Plant Breeding
• The Plant Breeding Industry
• Sources of Genetic Material: Germplasm Preservation, Botanic Gardens, Plant Breeding and Research Institutions, Wild Populations
• Terminology

2 Introduction to Genetics

• Cells and Genes (An Overview): Plant Cells, Chromosomes, Genes
• Linkage and Crossing Over
• DNA: Homologous Chromosomes
• Cells: Cell Components, The Cell Wall, The Nucleus
• Protein Synthesis
• Plant Genetics: Mendel’s Principles
• Terminology: Mendel’s Experiment, Linkages of Genes

3 Gamete Production, Pollination and Fertilisation in Plants

• Plant Reproduction: Phases of Plant Reproduction
• Gamete Production
• Gene Mutations
• Sources of Genetic Variation: Polyploidy, Bud Sports and Chimeras
• Male Sterility
• Effect of the Environment
• Terminology
• The Use of Pollination Biology in Plant Breeding: The Process of Pollination, Requirements for Successful Pollination, Cross pollination, Determining the Stage of Pollination Failure, Fertilisation, Embryo and Seedling Formation, Male and Female Recognition, Methods of Overcoming Incompatibility, Post fertilisation, Pollen Selection
• Floral Induction: Pollination, Fruit Set, Growth and Development
• Mitosis and Meiosis
• Genes
• Summary of Terms
• Sexual Structures in Plants: Flower Structures, Fruit Structures, Seed Structures

4 Mono Hybrid and Dihybrid Inheritance in Plants

• Monohybrid and Dihybrid Crosses: Linkage of Genes, Crossing Over and Recombination, Crossing Over, Recombination
• Quantitative Traits
• Terminology

5 Systematic Botany and Floral Structures

• Systematic Botany
• Plant Morphology
• Type Specimens
• Terminology
• The History of Organised Botanical Nomenclature: International Code of Botanical Nomenclature, Principle of Priority, Plant and Animal Nomenclature
• Plant Taxonomy: The Binomial System, Botanical Classification, Plant Families and Species, Hybrids, Varieties and Cultivars, Changes in Names, Nomenclature of Hybrids
• Terminology
• Botanical Keys: How to Use a Botanical Key, Key to Plant Phyla

7 Practical Plant Breeding Techniques

• Plant Breeding Programs
• Breeding Self-Pollinated Crops: Pure-line Breeding, Mass Selection, Pedigree Breeding, Bulk Population Breeding, Backcross Breeding
• Breeding Cross-Pollinated Crops: Single Plant Selection, Mass Selection, Progeny Selection, Line Breeding, Recurrent Selection, Backcross Breeding, Induced Polyploidy
• Hybrid Seed Production - An Outline
• Hybridising Techniques - A Step-By-Step Program
• Terminology
• Seed Germination
• Dormancy Factors Affecting Germination: Hard Seed Covers, Chemical Inhibitors, Undeveloped Embryos, Inhibiting Seed Layers, Dormant Embryos that Respond to Chilling

8 Current Developments in Plant Genetics

• Plant Biotechnology: Genetic Engineering, DNA Markers, Somatic Hybridisation
• Micropropagation
• Plant Breeders' Rights and Trademarks: Trademarks, Patents

Each lesson culminates in an assignment which is submitted to the academy, marked by the academy's tutors and returned to you with feedback, any relevant suggestions, comments, and if necessary, extra reading.

Horticulturalists, Garden Enthusiasts, Home Gardeners, Landscapers, Garden Designers.

A pc or laptop with internet connection

Studying horticulture creates a world potential for every nature lover in search of a career. Plants are one of the most important organisms in our world. We eat them, we grow them, we use them for ornamentation and even medicine.

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