Wheat Improvement

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.