Wheat Improvement

Start Date
April 06, 2020
Type
Training course
Location
Rabat, Morocco

Purpose and objectives of the course:

 

To train young wheat breeders from CWANA and SSA regions in recent classical and molecular techniques of wheat breeding;

 

To increase working collaboration with NARS for more efficiency in wheat varietal development, release and promotion;

 

 

Type of training methodology/material used:

 

Lectures, Lab experiments, Field visits, Handouts, Manuals

 

Course Content and/or outline:

 

Module 1: Wheat origin and production

 

Module 2: Major wheat breeding objectives

 

Module 3: Methods and strategies

 

Module 4: Breeding tools (DH, speed breeding, genomic selection, marker assisted selection

 

Module 5: Breeding for quality

 

Module 6: Genotype x environment interactions

 

Module 7: Quality analysis in wheat

 

Module 8: Statistical software

 

Module 9:  Seed systems and technology out scaling

 

Recommended trainers names, specializations and short bios:

 

ICARDA’s wheat scientists + invited guest scientists

 

Targeted audience:

Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, Sudan, Yemen, Jordan, Lebanon, Ethiopia, Iran, Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, Pakistan + SSA countries

 

Other (specify):

Pre and post course assessments will be carried out for the trainees using written questions.