Wheat Improvement
Start Date
April 06, 2020
End Date
April 24, 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.
