COURSECATALOGUE

LASSEMESTER1

emPLANTCOURSECATALOGUE

ERASMUSMUNDUSMASTERPROGRAMMEINPLANTBREEDING

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JointCoursesJOINTCOURSES

Description,contents,learningoutcomes Prerequisites Implementation: ECTS

Pilotcase Semester1and2:UniLaSalle,SLUSemester3:UH,UPV,EgeUThe pilot case is a case study to apply the projectmanagementtools to a breeding program. First students by group have tochoose a species to be ameliorated. Then, find a character orseveralonesasgoalforthebreedingstrategy.Thestudentsneedtocheckthemarketpotentialforthisnewvarietyandverifythatfarmerswillwanttocultivateit.Secondly,studentswilldefinethepotentialmarketfortheirproduct(seeds),butalsothemarketforthe new variety (consumers). Thirdly, they need to create astructure to breed the new variety, and define the role of eachstudentofthegroupinthisstructure(company,association...).

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The introduction to the Pilot Case will take place during theJoint IntegrationWeekwherethegroupswillbe formedbasedonthespecialtychosenbythestudentsforY2.Duringthefirstyear the studentswillwork ingroupswith their tutorsandviatelephone/video conference/email if group members are notlocatedatthesamesite(LAS/SLU).DuringS3thePilotCasewillbe finalized with the tutors at the host university and bytelephone/videoconference/emailamongthegroupmembers.Twojurieswillbeorganized.Thefirst juryattheendofS1willevaluate the content and the form of thework and especiallythe project management content. At the end of S2 a writtenreportwill be evaluated. At the end of S3 a jury composedofthelocaltutors,theCoordinatorsforY1andanexpertinProjectManagement will judge the defense of the Pilot Case. Thestudents of S1 and S3 will be able to attend their respectivepresentations.ThejuriesofS1andS3willbecarriedoutonthesamedayforlogisticreasons.

S1:3S2:3S3:2

Semester1LASSEMESTER1LAS Description,contents,learningoutcomes Prerequisite ECTS

Frenchasaforeignlanguage

Thislanguagecourseaimsatprovidingstudentswiththenecessarylanguagetoolstointeractsuccessfullyineverydaylifeandinbasicprofessionalsituations.Aftera2weekintensivelanguagecourse,studentswillcontinuetolearnFrenchattherateof3hoursperweek.Inadditiontoclassroominstruction,studentswillrealizeinteractiveassignments,suchasconductingsurveysamongsttheir French peers. These assignments, are designed to familiarize students with cultural aspects in France and the French-speakingworld.Introducing yourself and introducing someone else. Asking questions. Talking about your professional activities. Expressingpreferences.Understandinganitinerary.Expressinganintention.Makingappointments.Understandingaschedule.

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Spanishasaforeignlanguage

This languagecourse is targetedatstudentswhochoseUPVasY2destinationandwhostillneedtobringtheirSpanishtoaB2level for everyday life and professional situations. Students will learn Spanish at the rate of 2 hours per week. In addition toclassroominstruction,studentswillrealizeinteractiveassignments.ThiscourseiscarriedoutinclosecollaborationwithUPVsoastoensurethatthestudentsobtainthelanguagelevelneeded.

B1 2

Interculturality&ethics

Toraiseawarenessanddevelopskillsaroundcultureanditsimpactonbehaviorininternationalteams.Studentswilldrawontheirownexperienceoflearningwithinamulti-culturalteamimmersedinahostculture.Reading-implementationofthemethodofethics:analysis,explanationofthedifferentiatedargumentsoftheethicalissue.Knowhowtocomment-discernthepositioningthatappearstousmostrelevantandbeabletoaccountforit.Beabletojustifyandexplaincontradictoryarguments.Program:1)Culture:definitions,metaphors;keyconcepts.Cultureasasourceofinterculturalerrors.2)Crossculturalcommunication:"Talktome"3)Managinganinternationalteam:“WheninRome...“(casestudy;video)4)Culturalperceptionsofthings:marketing,management,negotiation,hiring;5)Studentreports:resultsofexpatriatemanagerinterview6)Studentpresentationsofx-culturaltrainingpackages7)Independent/groupworkonassignmentsandprojects8) Introduction -What is ethics? Distinction between ethics and ethics: stake, history, relevance. Ethics as a social or politicaldimensionofmoralitywhichispersonal:whatispossible,desirable,andnecessaryinagivenpolitical,social,entrepreneurialbody.9) COMPOSITION and not RESOLUTIVE: composed of the Common Principles / Principles proper / Matter / circumstances /intention.Fromexamples(flighttosurvive,revolution,tyrant...)Explaintherelativemiddleofthevirtuesandproportionalityoftherelationsofjustice/injustice.

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Introductiontoseedbusiness

Identifyseveralfactorsgoingtoimpactthewayoforganizingcompaniesonaregionalandglobalscalesuchalongtermactivityasthe breeding and the selection, in relation with transversal technologies and breeder’s profiles: technological traits,

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biotechnologies,markets,climaticchanges,naturalresourcelimitations,exchangesbetweencountriesandcontinents.Researchers and managers from seed companies and from agri-food industries will share their view of current status andprospective futureofbreedingactivities and targets. 15 lectures followedbydiscussion,prepared inadvanceby students fromkeywords.1seminartointroducethePilotCasemodule“designabreedingproject”guidelineswillbegiventostudenttofollow.

Introductiontoalgorithmics

Objectives:- Knowhowtousethefundamentalstructuresofthealgorithmics- Knowhowtoanalyzeaproblemandsolveitwithanalgorithm- Toimplementanalgorithm- Touseaprocedurallanguage(Clanguage)

Contents:- Variables,datatypes,assignments- Conditionalstructure(«if»statement,loops)- Arrays- Functions,- Programmingalgorithms(Clanguage)

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Statistics Thiscourse introducesstudentstothebasictheorybehindthedevelopmentandassessmentofstatisticalanalysistechniques intheareasofpointandintervalestimationandhypothesistesting.Topicsinclude:Pointestimationmethods,includingmethodofmomentsandmaximumlikelihood;Biasandvariance;Mean-squarederrorandtheCramer-Rao inequality; Sufficiency, completeness and exponential families; theRao-Blackwell theoremanduniformlyminimumvariance unbiased estimators; Bayesian estimation methods; Resampling estimation methods, including the jackknife and thebootstrap;Confidence intervalconstructionmethods, including likelihood-based intervals, inversionmethods, intervalsbasedonpivotsandsimpleresampling-basedpercentileintervals;HighestposteriordensityandBayesiancredibilityregions;LikelihoodratiotestsandtheNeymann-Pearsonlemma;Powercalculationsanduniformlymostpowerfultests;Rank-basednon-parametrictests,includingthesign-testandWilcoxontests.LearningOutcomesUponsuccessfulcompletionoftherequirementsofthiscourse,studentsshouldhavetheknowledgeandskillsto:

- Explainthenotionofaparametricmodelandpointestimationoftheparametersofthosemodels.- Explainandapplyapproachestoincludeameasureofaccuracyforestimationproceduresandourconfidenceinthemby

examiningtheareaofintervalestimation.- Assesstheplausibilityofpre-specifiedideasabouttheparametersofamodelbyexaminingtheareaofhypothesistesting.- Explainandapplytheideaofnon-parametricstatistics,whereinestimationandanalysistechniquesaredevelopedthatare

Descriptivestatistics,Probabilities,Linearmodel

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notheavilydependentonthespecificationsofanunderlyingparametricmodel.- Understandthecomputationalissuesrelatedtotheimplementationofvariousstatisticalinferentialapproaches.

PlantReproductionsystems

Wewillunderstandandappreciatedifferencesinexistingmodesofreproduction.Sexualreproduction.Sexuallifecycles.Structureofflowertypes.Gametogenesis.Pollination.Fertilization.

- Sexualreproduction;Meiosisandfertilization;reproductiveorgansinfloweringplants;plantsexualmorphology.- Importance of reproductive systems for plant breeding. Distinction between cross-and self-pollination. Types of

reproduction- Autogamy(definition),mechanismspromotingorpreventingautogamy,self-incompatibilitysystemsandimplicationsfor

plantbreeding,male-sterilitysystems.Genotypeconversion.Artificialpollination.- Allogamy(definition).Promotingmechanisms.Implicationsforplantbreeding.Inbreedingdepressionandhybridvigor.- Control of hybridization in aperspectiveof seedproduction.Dioecy, self-incompatibility, nuclear and cytoplasmicmale

sterility.

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Plantgenetics1 Introduction to genetics, genes and chromosomes, Mendel’s laws, probabilities in Mendelian inheritance, sex chromosomes,geneticlinkage,Tetradanalysis,extrachromosomalinheritance,epigenetics,populationgenetics

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Plantgeneticresourcesanddiversity

At the end of this course student will understand the Importance of germplasm in breeding projects. The different types ofevaluationofacollection,morphological, chemical, technological,molecularandtheir representations.Allelic richness,diversitystructure.Howtomanageandusethegeneticdiversity:corecollectionandsamplingstrategies.Programme:

- Teachingofmostadoptedtoolforevaluationofgeneticdiversityandconstructionofcorecollection.- Thesetoolswillbedefinedmorphological,biochemical,technologicalandmolecularstudiestoassessgeneticdiversityin

germplasmsalsoallelicrichnessandconstructionofacorecollection.- Evolutionofphenotypicandgeneticdiversitiesofcommercialvarieties.- Conservationofgermplasm:mechanismsandglobalmaintenance.Geneticresourcescontextinevolution.

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Introductiontoplantpathology

Theobjective is to study theprincipals of theplant-microorganisms interaction. It introduces themajorplant pathogen groups(viruses,viroids,phytoplasmas,bacteria,fungi,nematodesandthehigherplantparasites)andtheabioticplantstresses(causedbyenvironmental factors). It introducesalso the importanceof thebeneficialmicroorganisms (e.g.PGPR,Plant-growth-promoting-rhizobacteria&AM,arbuscularmycorrhizae).Studentsstudythescientificclassificationofthesesmicroorganisms,theirdetectionandquantification,andthegeneralmethodsofcontrol(chemical,biological&genetic).Duringthepracticalwork,studentsfollowexperimentsoftheplant-PGPR-pathogeninteractionsunderthegreenhouseconditions.They prepare the bacterial and fungal inoculum, inoculate plants (resistant and susceptible genotypes), and follow diseaseprogression (visual symptoms, molecular and microscopic diagnosis). They learn the different microbiological methods(preparation media, isolation of microorganisms, replication of bacterial and fungal cultures, using microscopes (classical andelectronic),DNAextractionandrealtimequantitativePCR).

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BreedingStrategiesandmethodsofselection

Studentswillbeabletodefinethebreedinggoalsinthemidtermandlongterm,reasoningthebreedingstrategyadaptedtotheobjectives, species, germplasm, traits to be selected according to the dimension of the breeding program, breeding tools andselectionmethods.Programme:Acoursewillintroducethecultivartypes,derivingfrombreedingstrategiesandmethodsofselectionadaptedtoself-pollinated and open-pollinated species. Practical examples of breeding projects for yield, quality, and resistance to biotic andabioticstresswillbedetailedbyprofessionals.ExampleswillcoverSeedandvegetativelypropagatedspecies.1.Breedingobjectives,programdesignandmanagement;Thechoicesabreederhastomake,likechoiceofparents,typeandsizeofpopulations,changeinallelefrequenciesbyselection,effectofcroptypeonbreedingprogram.2.Mainbreeding strategies;Basedonexamplesondifferent crops,wewill review themain strategies:bulkbreeding,pedigreebreeding, backcross breeding, recurrent selection and synthetic varieties, hybrid breeding and hybrid production systems,mutationbreeding,chromosomebreeding.3.Breedingstrategiesforqualityandfittingwithtechnologicaluses4.Breedingstrategiesforyieldincrease5.Breedingstrategiesfordiseaseresistance,majorresistancegenevspolygenicresistance.6.Breedingstrategiesfortolerancetoabioticstress(droughttolerance,lownitrogenandphosphorustolerance).7.Breedingforlow-inputandfororganic;Specificdevelopmentslikeevolutionarybreedingfordiversityandparticipatorybreedingwillbedescribed.8.Breedingformultiplepurposes;wewillanalysetheimportanceofprioritizingselectionamongtraits.

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