GENETIC IMPROVEMENT AND NURSERY INDUSTRY IN FRUITCULTURE
Academic Year 2015/2016 - 1° Year
Teaching Staff: Gaetano Distefano
Credit Value: 6
Scientific field: AGR/03 - Arboriculture and Fruitculture
Taught classes: 32 hours
Term / Semester: 2°
Credit Value: 6
Scientific field: AGR/03 - Arboriculture and Fruitculture
Taught classes: 32 hours
Term / Semester: 2°
Detailed Course Content
Provide knowledgment and specialized application of some modern biotechnology in fruitculture with specific reference to plant propagation, certification and genetic improvement.
- From the classic to modern genetic improvement
- In vitro culture and genetic improvement of fruit tree species
- Fruitcrop germplasm conservation
- Somaclonal variation and in vitro selection
- Protoplasts and somatic hybridization
- Transgenic plants: methods and perspectives
- Molecular markers for fingerprinting, phylogenetic studies, MAS
- Bioinformatics for gene identification
- Main genetic improvement goals for the most important fruit crop
- Nursery industry and certification programme
Textbook Information
Barcaccia G., Falcinelli M. “Genetica e genomica” vol II and III Liguori editore
Review of specific interest