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Part I: Genetics

1. History of Genetics
2. Cell Organelles
3. Cell Division
4. Chromosomes
5. Laws of Mendel and Gene Interaction
6. Linkage and Crossing Over
7. Sex Determination and Sex Linkage
8. Cytoplasmic Inheritance
9. Nucleic Acid
10. Mutation
11. Gene Action Regulation and Genetic Code
12. Population Genetics
13. Polygenic Inheritance and Quantitative Genetics
14. Differentiation

Part II: Plant Breeding

1. Important Crop Breeding Centres
2. Crop Genetic Resources
3. Modes of Reproduction and Pollination
4. Breeding Methods for Self Pollinated Crops
5. Breeding Methods for Cross Pollinated Crops and Asexually Propagated Crops
6. Distant Hybridization
7. Abiotic Stress Breeding
8. Biotic Stress Breeding
9. Quality Breeding
10. Ideotype Breeding
11. Differentiation

Part IIiI Seed Science and Technology

1. Seed Biology
2. Seed Production
3. Seed Processing
4. Seed Quality Control
5. Seed Health
6. Seed Marketing
7. Seed Storage
8. Differentiation
9. Abbreviations

Part IV: Agricultural Biotechnology

1. History of Plant Tissue Culture
2. Nutritional Requirements
3. Sterilization and Types of Cultures
4. Micropropagation
5. Cell Suspension and Secondary Metabolites
6. in Vitro Production of Haploids
7. Protoplast Isolation and Fusion
8. Somaclonal Variation
9. Cryopreservation and Germplasm Storage
10. Cryopreservation and Germplasm Storage
11. Structure of DNA and Replication
12. Transcription
13. Translation
14. Gene Regulation and Genetic Code
15. Gene Transfer Methods
16. Recombinant DNA Technology

G. K. Questions

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