Site Map
- Welcome
- Syllabus
- Contact
- Getting Started
- Schedule
- Site Map
- Resources
- Week 1
- Week 2
- Week 3
- Week 4
- Wheat
- Origin, taxonomy, genetic
and reproductive systems
- Growth requirements,
physiological and adaptive traits
- Grain composition, processing
and end-use quality
- Wheat production and marketing
statistics
- Major diseases and insect
pests
- Genetic resources and
breeding
- Assignments
- References
- Rice
- Origin, taxonomy, genetic
and reproductive systems
- Growth requirements;
morphological, physiological, and adaptive traits
- Major production areas
and world production statistics
- Types of rice, processing, and
end-use quality
- Major diseases and insect
pests and weeds
- Cultural significance of rice,
emerging issues
- Assignments
- References
- Week 5
- Barley
- Origin, taxonomy,
genetic and reproductive system, improvement, diseases and pests,
- Crop requirements,
adaptive traits, management practices
- Production statistics,
post harvest, economics, markets..
- Quality factors
for malting, brewing, and other end-uses
- Major diseases and
insect pests
- Genetic resources
and breeding
- Rye
- Oats
- Assignments
- References
- Soybeans, Groundnuts & Dry Beans
- Leguminous food crops
- Soybeans
- Origin, taxonomy,
and genetic systems
- Growth requirements,
physiological and adaptive traits
- Production statistics,
economics and marketing
- Quality factors, end-uses
- Groundnuts
- Dry beans
- Assignments
- References
- Week 6
- Week 7
- Week 8
- Potato
- Taxonomy, morphology
and reproduction
- Crop requirements,
adaptive traits, management practices
- World production statistics
- Genetic resources and
potato breeding
- Propagation, harvesting
and storage
- Diseases and pests
- Utilization and quality
- Assignments
- References
- Tropical roots, tubers
- Tropical root and
tuber crops
- Cassava
- Origin, taxonomy,
genetics
- Requirements,
adaptation
- Production,
marketing
- Genetic resources,
breeding
- Diseases and pests
- Processing
and utilization
- Sweet Potato
Sweet Potato
- Yams
Yams
- Assignments
- References
- Week 9
- Week 10
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