957323 Biometrics in plant breeding and breeding research
- Type
- Lecture and exercise
- Semester hours
- 2
- Lecturer (assistant)
- Grausgruber, Heinrich , Michel, Sebastian
- Organisation
- Offered in
- Wintersemester 2023/24
- Languages of instruction
- Deutsch
- Content
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Section 1: Field experiments (design, analysis)
Planning and design of plant breeding field trials, randomized complete block design, generalized lattice design, statistical analysis (RCB, lattice, neighbour analysis, trend analysis, standard design, augmented design, analysis of series of experiments, estimation of heritability and trait correlations
Section 2: Quantitative genetics (heritability estimates, genetic and phenotypic correlation, response to selection, heterosis and general / specific combining ability, stability and G by E interaction, multi-trait selection procedures)
Section 3: Molecular genetic marker applications (genetic diversity, genetic distance, visualisation of diversity through clustering and other multivariate methods, genetic mapping basics, QTL-analysis basics, pedigree analysis)
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- Previous knowledge expected
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Basics of statistics and basics of plant breeding
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- Objective (expected results of study and acquired competences)
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Application of biometrical/statistical methods, planning of experiments, data collection, data analysis, interpretation or results, visualisation of measurement data and genetic effects, understanding statistics in scientific publications.
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You can find more details like the schedule or information about exams on the course-page in BOKUonline.