GENETIC IMPROVEMENT AND NURSERY INDUSTRY IN FRUITCULTURE
Academic Year 2017/2018 - 1° Year
Teaching Staff: Gaetano Distefano
Credit Value: 6
Scientific field: AGR/03 - Arboriculture and Fruitculture
Taught classes: 28 hours
Term / Semester: 2°
Credit Value: 6
Scientific field: AGR/03 - Arboriculture and Fruitculture
Taught classes: 28 hours
Term / Semester: 2°
Learning Objectives
Provide knowledgment and specialized application of some modern biotechnology in fruitculture with specific reference to plant propagation, certification and genetic improvement.
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
- Genetic engineering: uses and perspectives for transgenesis, cisgenesis and genome editing
- 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