Pre-requisite: None
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:
The role of forest tree improvement in forestry. Qualitative and quantitative inheritance, evolution and genetic firmness, causes of genetic variation; inbreeding and heterosis; selection, heritability, breeding value, genotype-environment interaction. Interaction between breeding and silvicultural activities; breeding methods; crossing systems for progeny testing, incorporation of breeding goals in species and provenance testing, short and long term breeding, plus tree selection, seedling and clonal seed orchards; design and establishment. Breeding zones; flowering and seed production in seed orchards, clonal forestry; breeding for quality.