{"id":28,"date":"2015-10-02T07:47:27","date_gmt":"2015-10-02T07:47:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/ecosystems\/fbl-202-tree-improvement\/"},"modified":"2022-03-14T15:43:18","modified_gmt":"2022-03-14T15:43:18","slug":"fbl-202-tree-improvement","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/study\/fbl-202-tree-improvement","title":{"rendered":"FBL 202: Tree Improvement"},"content":{"rendered":"

Subject Ante and Title: FBL 202 Tree Improvement (7.5 Credits) <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Subject status:                       <\/span><\/strong>Core <\/span><\/p>\n

Credits rating:                       <\/span><\/strong>7.5<\/span><\/p>\n

Time distribution:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Lectures:                     30 hours<\/span><\/p>\n

Seminars\/Tutorials:      10 hours<\/span><\/p>\n

Practical:                     10 hours<\/span><\/p>\n

Assignments:               10 hours<\/span><\/p>\n

Independent study:     15 hours<\/span><\/p>\n

Prerequisite: <\/span><\/strong>None<\/span><\/p>\n

Learning Outcomes<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Define key concepts and terminologies used in tree improvement<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the basic concepts of genetics and biotechnology. <\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Apply the acquired knowledge to manage forest seed stands, seed orchards, species and provenance trials and plus trees.<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Conduct tree improvement studies and present appropriately the results <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Contents: <\/span><\/strong>Basic concepts of genetics. Biotechnology: molecular biology, cell biology,<\/span> gene transfer, recombinant DNA, DNA isolation and amplification. Tree bio-safety aspects. Tree variation. Selection methods. Genotype and phenotype, genotype x phenotype interaction. Specific and general combining ability. Heritability. Genetic gain. Progeny testing. Mating designs. Hybridization. Species and provenance trials. Land races. Vegetative propagation including tissue culture. Tree seed stands and orchards.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Required Readings<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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    1. Chamshama, S.A.O. (2002). Introduction to tree improvement: a compendium. <\/em>SUA. Morogoro.<\/span><\/li>\n
    2. Zobel, B.J. and Talbert, A. (1991). Applied forest tree improvement<\/em>. John Wiley & Sons, New York. <\/span><\/li>\n
    3. White, C., Adams, W.T. and Neale, D.B. (2007). Forest genetics<\/em>. CABI. 1st<\/sup> Edition.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Recommended Readings<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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      1. Zobel, B.J., Wyk, V. <\/span>and Stahl, P. (1987). Growing exotic forests.<\/em> John Wiley and Sons. 508pp. <\/span><\/li>\n
      2. Wright, J.W. (1976). Introduction to forest genetics. Academic Press, New York, USA. 463pp.<\/span><\/li>\n
      3. FAO, (1980). Forest tree improvement. FAO Forestry Paper No. 20. Rome, Italy. 271pp.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        Subject Ante and Title: FBL 202 Tree Improvement (7.5 Credits) Subject status:                       Core Credits rating:                       7.5 Time distribution: Lectures:                     30 hours Seminars\/Tutorials:      10 hours Practical:                     10 hours Assignments:               10 hours Independent study:     15 hours Prerequisite: None Learning Outcomes Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to: Define key concepts […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":705,"menu_order":54,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-28","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":699,"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28\/revisions\/699"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}