PLANT BREEDING, PROPAGATION AND NURSERY MANAGEMENT

Chapter I.
Introduction
The cultivation of plants is an important aspects of today’s society in many ways. Not only do plants
supply us with a major food resource and flow of nutrition but they are also an important source of
chemicals and other non-food products such as drugs, oils, latex, pigments, and resins. Because of the
high value of the plants, Farmers are constantly trying to increase the yield and quality of their products
by using more effective production techniques.
The physical appearance of plants is determined by genetic factors that are inherited from parental crops.
The natural transfer of genes can be altered using many genetic techniques such as selection or genetic
engineering. One of the important goals of plant breeding is maintaining genetic diversity. This can be
achieved through selection and hybridization. More recently, new techniques have evolved to allow as to
grow crops artificially in culture from plants parts to produce plants.
Modern science has allowed us to get away from the traditional method of plant breeding to more
artificial asexual methods. This allows plants to be produced using individual, or groups of cells, which
grows into full plants. Genetic has also allowed us to modify our crops in a more scientific way to select
for traits that are more desired by society.
Genes and Genetics
 Cell Structure