Centre of Excellence in Molecular Breeding

With the financial support from NADP the “Centre of Excellence in Molecular Breeding” has been established in 2015 under this Directorate with  SNP  genotyper to strengthen the research through marker assisted selection and mapping of new alleles/genes for target traits.

GOALS 

• Breeding of new crop cultivars with tolerance against biotic/abiotic stresses
• Providing a platform for students, research scholars, post doctoral fellows and scientists to undertake innovative research.
• Providing training to students and scientists in various aspects of marker assisted breeding

Training Details:

Following trainings are conducted every month at the CEMB.

1. Hands on Training for QTL analysis with various software
(Linkage analysis: Mapmaker, QTLICIM; QTL analysis: QTLICIM, WinQTL cartographer, Qgene)

2. Hands on Training for analysis of plant breeding data with R
(Scripts writing for variability analysis, CRD, RBD; Agricolae package)

3. Hands on training for analysis of F1-hybrids data with software
(Designs: Top cross, LXT, Diallel-I,II,III, IV, TWC; Packages: TNAUSTAT, PBTools)

4. Hands on training for stability analyses with software
(Models: Conventional analyses, Eberhart and Russell (1966) model, AMMI, GGE; Pacakges: TNAUSTAT, PBTools, R package)

5. Hands on training for DNA fingerprinting
(DNA extraction, quantification, PCR, Agarose gel electrophoresis, PAGE electrophoresis, Polymorphism among genotypes)

6. Hands on training for Marker Assisted Breeding
(DNA extraction, quantification, PCR with SSR markers, Gel electrophoresis, polymorphism study, data handling, analysis with various linkage and QTL analyses, interpretation of results, development and handling of mapping population of plants in MABC, preparation of a project on MABC, etc.)

Note:
•Duration: 3 days (Sl. No.1-5); 5 days (Sl. No. 6)
•Accommodation and food have to be arranged by trainees
•Staff and students of other institutes have to pay Rs 18% GST along with fees.

Please visit the web site for further information: https://sites.google.com/tnau.ac.in/cembvcs/home

 

Faculty:

Dr. N.Manivannan,
Professor (PBG)

Dr.M.Umadevi,
Assistant Professor (PBG)