Gpbr213

Understand the meaning, goals, and major methods of crop improvement for kharif crops.

Origin, taxonomy, and botanical description of Oryza sativa with a focus on indica and japonica subspecies and key breeding objectives.

Pedigree, mutation, and hybrid rice breeding including CMS systems and notable released varieties of rice in India.

Study maize origin, floral biology, and why it became the classical crop for heterosis breeding.

Development of QPM, baby corn, sweet corn hybrids, and the single, double, and three-way cross systems used in maize improvement.

Breeding objectives for grain and fodder sorghum with emphasis on the CMS system and dual-purpose cultivar development.

CMS-based hybrid development, nutritional improvement, and biofortification strategies in pearl millet.

Genetics of male sterility, CGMS-based hybrid development, and disease resistance breeding in pigeonpea.

Breeding strategies for short duration, MYMV resistance, and photo-insensitivity in greengram and blackgram.

Breeding strategies for improving oil content, protein, disease resistance, and reducing anti-nutritional factors in soybean.

Breeding strategies for groundnut including botanical and runner types, confectionery quality, oil content, and aflatoxin resistance.

Allopolyploidy in cotton, fibre quality traits, hybrid cotton, and the role of Bt technology in pest management.

Complex polyploidy, nobilization, and breeding for high commercial cane sugar in sugarcane.

Breeding of Corchorus species for fibre quality and retted fibre yield along with improvement of other kharif fibre crops.