BIOTECHNOLOGIES IN VEGETABLE AND FLOWER INDUSTRY
Academic Year 2018/2019 - 1° YearCredit Value: 6
Taught classes: 35 hours
Exercise: 14 hours
Term / Semester: 2°
Learning Objectives
The course aims at transmitting basic knowledge on vegetable and ornamental plants and on the main goals of crop and product improvement. Referring to the mentioned group of crops, biotechnology application to their valorization, breeding, propagation and germplasm ex situ conservation will highlighted and described
Course Structure
Lectures and lab training as foreseen on http://gomp2012unictpublicwebsite.besmart.it/manifesti/render.aspx?UID=cabf65bb-81a5-4158-a323-95b0d23dd477
Detailed Course Content
Vegetable and flower industry main crops and their final products.
The intrinsic characteristics of the product and the main biotic and abiotic stresses which may compromise yield and quality.
The main goals of plant breeding in vegetable and flower industry and their achievement by applying biotechnologies.
In vitro propagation techniques used for the main crops
Innovative technologies for germplasm ex situ conservation
Textbook Information
Genetica e Genomica. Vol. 3: Genomica e biotecnologie genetiche. G. Barcaccia, M. Falcinelli. Liguori Editore.
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