Proforma for submitting proposal (2 copies) for organization of
Training Programmes under Centre of Advance Faculty Training in
frontier and specialized areas of agriculture and allied sciences (20132014)
(Please use separate proforma for each course)
1.
Topic of Training Programme:
Unconventional Breeding Approaches to Tackle Emerging Issues
of Food Security
2.
Justification of the proposed programme in the light of suggestive training needs
in the discipline (not more than 100 words):
There are many bottle necks in conventional breeding their biotechnology
can be helpful. There is a urgent need to bridge gap between the conventional
breeders and biotechnologist. Therefore, a training programme discussing
the use of biotechnology and its use in conventional breeding would be very
helpful to the new breeders to tackle emerging issues of food security in view
of climate change.
3.
Venue with full postal/e-mail address and office phone/fax numbers:
Department of Plant Breeding & Genetics
e.mail: hodpbg@pau.edu, allah@sify.com
Fax No. 0161 2409891
Proposed dates (From – to):
4.
(The change in the proposed dates to be avoided after the approval)
10-30 September, 2013
5.
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6.
Eligibility qualification for the participants of the Training Programme
Master's Degree and
Working not below the rank of Assistant Professor and equivalent in the
concerned subject under Agricultural University /I.C.A.R. Institute
Information regarding proposed Course Coordinator, if other than the Director,
CAFT, (enclose bio-data clearly bringing out the specific qualification, experience
and scientific contribution of the Course Coordinator in the proposed topic):
Director, CAFT, Head, Department of Plant Breeding & Genetics, Punjab
Agricultural University, Ludhiana ( Biodata attached)
7.
Faculty Staff strength in CAFT (Assistant Professor, Associate Professor,
Professor and equivalent):
Asstt. Professor
Associate Professor
Professor
8.
:
:
:
32
21
45
Information regarding other academic staff of the host Institute who are likely to
be used as resource persons:
There are 45 departments in the university and 10 departments and two
schools of this college who can be helpful in providing manpower and experts
for conducting this training programme
9.
Specific facilities available for conducting the Programme such as laboratory
equipments/ instruments, research farm, library, classroom, guesthouse etc.:
Lecture rooms, seminars rooms, laboratories, internet connectivity library,
experimental fields and all other required facilities are available
11.
Programmes/Projects and achievements in the area of special topic proposed for
the training programme:
The department has eight crop based sections where conventional breeding is
being supported by the biotechnologists. This experience will be utilized in
designing lectures for the training programme.
12.
Schedule of daily lectures/practical topics to be covered and name of the
faculty proposed to be engaged during the CAFT Training Programme:
Lecture schedule has been attached please.
Sl. No.
Date /Day
Topic of
lecture/Practical
13.
Name & Designation
of Speaker
Name of the Trainings organized during the last three years:
Recent Advances in Plant Breeding Methodology from 9.11.2010 to 9.11.2010
Pre Breeding in Crop Improvement from 7-27 Sept. 2011
Conventional and Biotechnological Approaches to Crop Improvement”
from 7-27 August, 2012
14.
Signature of the Director of the CAFTs (With official Seal):
Unconventional Breeding Approaches Tackle Emerging Issues of Food
Security
10.09.2013 to 30.09.2013
CENTRE OF ADVANCED FACULTY TRAINING IN GENETICS AND PLANT
BREEDING,
Department of Plant Breeding & Genetics
PAU, Ludhiana- 141 004
Time
10.9.2013
9.30-10.30
10.30-11.00
11.00
11.30-1.00
2.30- 3.30
4.00- 5.00
Topic
Speaker
Registration
Introduction
Tea
Plant Breeding in genomics era
Crop Improvement in changing climate
Domestication to super domestication
Navjot Sidhu
Allah Rang
Quantitative Genetics in Crop Improvement
DNA research and its implications in crop
improvement
Genic and genomic consequences of polyploidy
Visit to PB&G Museum and laboratories
G.S. Chahal
G.S. Miglani
G.S. Mangat
12.00-1.00
Advances in breeding of hybrid varieties in self
pollinated crops
Advances in breeding of hybrid varieties in cross
pollinated crops
Advanced concepts in back cross breeding
2.30-5.00
Genetic Resources and their utilization in rice
11.9.2013
9.30-10.30
10.30-11.30
12.00 –1.00
2.30-5.00
12.9.2013
9.30-10.30
10.30-11.30
13.9.2013
9.30-10.30
D. S. Brar
Allah Rang
S.S. Banga
D. Pathak
S.P.S.Brar
S.K. Dhillon
G.S. Mavi
G.S. Mangat
Recent advances in population improvement
method
Doubled haploid in crops with special reference
to wheat
Different Seed Technologies: Potent Tool for Seed
Enhancement
Gurjit Kaur
2.30-5.00
Microspore culture in brassica
Chhaya Atri
16.9.2013
9.30-10.30
Breeding for heat tolerance in wheat
V.S. Sohu
10.30-11.30
12.00-1.00
Puja
Geeta Bassi
10.30-11.30
12.00 –1.00
2.30-5.00
Breeding for drought tolerance in Maize
Breeding for photo thermal tolerance in pulses
Estimation of quality parameters in cereals
Maninder Singh
B.S. Gill
R.P. Singh
Breeding for fibre quality in cotton
Role of wide hybridization in forage crops –
challenges and prospects
Use of alloplasmic variations to develop CMS
in brassica
Estimation of quality parameters in pulses
R.S. Sohu
Rahul Kapoor
Uncoupling and recoupling of Brassica genomes
to improve breeding values of Brassica
diagenomics:
Brassica juncea as an example
Recent advances in genotype x environment
interactions for MET in field crops
Hundred years of Sugarcane improvement
-1912-2012
Micro propagation- Technique for quick spread of
genetically improved material
S.S. Banga
R.S. Gill
Bakshi Ram
12.00-1.00
2.30-5.00
Allele mining
Recurrent selection programme to enhance
sucrose content in sugarcane
Alien gene transfer for chickpea improvement
Use of PCR for finger printing
Sarvjeet Singh
Pawan Malhotra
20.9.2013
9.30-10.30
10.30-11.30
12.00-1.0
2.30-5.00
Molecular markers – an overview
Marker assisted selection in rice improvement
Marker assisted selection in wheat improvement
Atomic absorption spectrophotometry
Yogesh Vikal
Kuldeep Singh
Satinder Kaur
Neena Chawla
Marker assisted breeding for quality improvement
in brassicas
Marker assisted background selection for rapid
gene transfer
Motivation Development among Scientists
Gurpreet Kaur
Maker assisted selection for rust resistance genes in
wheat
N.S. Bains
17.9.2013
9.30-10.30
10.30-11.30
12.00-1.00
2.30-5.00
18.9.2013
9.30-10.30
10.30-11.30
12.00-1.00
2.30-5.00
19.9.2013
9.30-10.30
10.30-11.30
23.9.2013
9.30-10.30
10.30-11.30
12.00-1.00
2.30- 5.00
24.9.2013
Chhaya Atri
A.K. Saxena
K.S. Brar
S.K. Sandhu
Ajinder Kaur
Johar Singh
Rajinder Kaur Kalra
9.30 –10.30
10.30-11.30
12.00-1.00
2.30-5.00
25.9.2013
9.30-10.30
10.30-11.30
12.00-1.00
2.30-5.00
26.9.2013
9.30-10.30
10.30-11.30
12.00-1.00
2.30-5.00
27.9.2013
9.30-10.30
10.30-11.30
11.30-1.00
30.9.2013
Genetically engineered male sterility in crop plants
Different methods of genetic transformation in plants
Transgenic approaches for tolerance to abiotic
stresses in crop plants
Nanotechnology based advanced microscopy
techniques: Potential applications for plant breeders
S.K. Banga
Navjot Sidhu
Renu Khanna
Anu Kalia
Transgenic approaches for tolerance to biotic stress R.K. Gill
in crops
Transgenic approaches to enhance nutritional
Navraj Kaur
quality
Recombinant DNA and Bioinformatics I -NCBI tools Jagdeep Sandhu
Recombinant DNA and Bioinformatics II-doHandling of vectors and inserts for generation of
gene cassettes
Commercial deployment of transgenic in Indian
agriculture
Somaclonal variations- an aid to improvement in
In vegetatively propagated crops
Breeding for water use efficiency in rice
Search sites for researchers and facilities
available in PAU Library
Jagdeep Sandhu
Market led plant breeding
Plant Breeders’ Rights and its implications
Closing ceremony
Sandeep Kapoor
R.K. Gumber
K.S. Thind
Rupinder Kaur
Gurbax Singh