Genetics and Plant Breeding
The department of Genetics and Plant Breeding was started in the year 1991 at Agricultural College, Mahanandi and has been mainly entrusted with the responsibility of Under-Graduate teaching initially and Post-Graduate teaching was started during 2010. The department also take up research programmes related to the improvement of crops of the Scarce rainfall zone of Andhra Pradesh for Post Graduate research. This department offers 5 courses at UG level, and 10 courses for P.G programme. So far, M .Sc (Ag) degree was awarded to 14 students. The department has laboratory facilities for undergraduate programme and molecular biology labs for post graduate studies. The research programmes of this department are being formulated to generate breeding material in different crops viz; groundnut, jowar, redgram, chickpea rice and sunflower and then to make selections for the improvement of yield along with resistance to various biotic and abiotic stresses. The student’s research work is carried out with the collaboration of scientists of RARS, Nandyal and ARS, Kadiri.
Faculty
Dr Y. Rama reddy
Assistant Professor Phone: 9700716834 Email: ramareddy.yettapu@gmail.com
1. Dr A. Prasanna rajesh
Assistant Professor Phone: 9440566582 Email:rajesh4970@gmail.com
Smt. N.Sabitha
Assistant Professor Phone: 9700709932 Mail: nsabitha84@gmail.comTeaching
The following courses are offered under B.Sc (Ag) programme with a credit load of 15.
| S.No | Course no. | Title of the course | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GPBR-111 | Principles of Genetics | 3(2+1) |
| 2 | GPBR-211 | Principles of Plant Breeding | 3(2+1) |
| 3 | GPBR-212 | Principles of Plant Biotechnology | 3(2+1) |
| 4 | GPBR-311 | Breeding of Field and Horticultural crops | 3(2+1) |
| 5 | GPBR-312 | Principles of Seed Technology | 3(2+1) |
The following courses are offered under M.Sc (Ag)
| S.No | Course no. | Title of the course | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GP-501 | Principles of Genetics | 3(2+1) |
| 2 | GP-502 | Principles of Cytogenetics | 3(2+1) |
| 3 | GP-503 | Principles of Plant Breeding | 3(2+1) |
| 4 | GP-504 | Principles of Quantitative Genetics | 3(2+1) |
| 5 | GP-508 | Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics | 3(2+1) |
| 6 | GP-509 | Biotechnology for Crop Improvement | 3(2+1) |
| 7 | GP-510 | Breeding for Biotic and Abiotic Stress Resistance | 3(2+1) |
| 8 | GP-515 | Maintenance Breeding, Concepts of Variety Release and Seed production | 2(1+1) |
| 9 | GP-507 | Heterosis Breeding | 2(1+1) |
| 7 | GP-591 | Master’s Seminar | 1(1+0) |
Succession list of Heads of Dept.of
Genetics and Plant Breeding
| S.No | Name of staff | Periods |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dr.Rama Subba Reddy | Aug,1991- Jan,1992 |
| 2 | Dr.Ramana Reedy | Jan, 1992- Nov, 1996 |
| 3 | Dr.M.Naga raja Rao | Nov, 1996- May, 2009 |
| 4 | Sri N.Lingaiah | May, 2009- Oct, 2010 |
| 5 | Dr.B.Narandra | Oct, 2010- July, 2012 |
| 6 | Smt.D. Bharathi | July, 2012- Jan,2013 |
| 7 | Dr.A. Prasanna Rajesh | Jan, 2012- Feb, 2014 |
| 8 | Dr.T. Srinivas | Feb, 2014- Dec, 2015 |
| 9 | Dr.M.Sudha Rani | Dec, 2015 onwards |
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