Molecular methods for plant breeding

The purpose of this course is to provide students with an
overview of the state of the art in the field of advanced
genetic improvement, with particular reference to
molecular and genomic methods.

Mapping of genomes and marker-assisted improvement.
Molecular fingerprinting techniques. Bioinformatics and
analysis techniques for access to information held in the
main database of genomic interest with applications to
plants. Practical experience of some laboratory methods.