• Spring 2025
  • Location: Plant Sciences Hall (room 272)
  • Time: Tuesday and Thursday 11:00-12:15 am
  • Office Hour: Thursday 12:15-1:00 pm (except for the first Thursday of the month)
  • Prerequisites:
    • AGRO 815A, 815B, and 815D,
    • AGRO/ANSCI-931,
    • and STAT-802 or equivalent,
    • or permission of the instructor.

Suggested textbooks and Reading Materials

  • Hahn, M. 2019. Molecular population genetics. Oxford.
  • Bernardo, R. 2020. Breeding for quantitative traits in plants. 3rd Ed. Stemma Press.
  • Lynch, M. and B. Walsh. 1998. Vol. 1: Genetics and analysis of quantitative traits. Sinauer, MA

R and statistics resources


Schedule 2025

Week 1: Introduction and Overview

  • 01-21 (Tue): [Lecture] Introduction about crop improvement
    • [Canvas materials]
  • 01-23 (Thu): [Lab] Research Project Management using RStudio, HCC, and GitHub