קרובי הבר של החיטה (0466.4008) Cereal crops wild relatives and their importance to cultivar improvement

Cereal crops wild relatives and their importance to cultivar improvement Course given by the A Institute of Crop improvement (ICI) Professor Adina Breiman and Amir Sharon This syllabus is planned for 5 days, held around late April – early May (flowering season), including 6-18 students with basic knowledge in genetics. Day I 9-10 Evolution of Triticineae and taxonomy of the different species. (1 hr) E. Millet Lecture 10-11 Introduction to cereal rusts. (1 hr) Y. Anikster Lecture +demonstration 11-12 Morphology and ecology of Aegilops species and genetic relationships between them. (2 hr) E. Millet Lecture +demonstration 12-13 " " 13-14 Lunch 14-15 The use of wild emmer wheat for domesticated wheat improvement. (2 hr) A. Distelfeld Lecture 15-16 " " 16-17 Exploitation of wild relatives for wheat improvement: a. Exploitable traits from wild cereals (0.5 hr). b. The gene pools of wheat. (0.5 hr) E. Millet Lecture Day II – Field tour (Aegilops) A trip along the coastal plain to see Aegilops populations and to see the problem of urbanization. It will include: Ae. sharonensis population in Shfayim and in Hadera, Ae. longissima population in Horbat Alon, Ae. speltoides population in Ramat Hanadiv nature reserve. Day III 9-10 The life cycle of major cereal rusts. (1 hr) Y. Anikster Lecture 10-11 Exhibition (stages of the life cycle) and laboratory work: inoculation of main host from alternate host. (2 hr) Y. Anikster Demonstration +lab work 11-12 " " 12-13 Resistance of Aegilops spp. to cereal rusts. (1 hr) J. Manisterski Laboratory demonstration 13-14 Lunch 14-15 Plant-pathogen ecosystems in Israel. Diseases of cereal crops wild relatives, alternate hosts and variability in resistance. (1 hr) J. Manisterski Lecture 15-16 Methods of gene transfer from wild relatives to wheat including chromosome engineering. (2 hr) E. Millet Lecture +demonstration 16-17 " " Day IV – Field tour (wheat and rusts) Natural habitats of wild emmer wheat, wild barely and wild oats. It will include: Ramot Menashe wild emmer population, Ammiad nature reserve, Almagor, Miztpor Beit Tzeida and Dalyiot junction. The trip will include exploring cereal rusts and their secondary hosts. Day V 9-10 Genetic mapping using populations based on crosses with wild emmer wheat. (2 hr) A. Distelfeld Lecture 10-11 " " 11-12 Estimating genetic diversity and association mapping in wild populations. (1 hr) H. Sela. Lecture 12-13 Marker assisted selection (hands on using molecular markers techniques for genotyping and selection – the idea is to genotype near-isogenic lines for rust resistance and to phenotype the plants). (1 hr) A. Distelfeld Lecture +demonstration 13-14 Lunch 14-15 Gene banks of wild relatives. (1 hr) H. Sela Lecture 15-16 Case study – use of Sharon goatgrass for breeding of rust resistant wheat (stem rust Ug99, leaf rust and stripe rust). (1 hr) E. Millet Lecture 16-17 " "

מס תלמידים: 6-18

דרישות קדם: אין

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