CRH/BPV Biotechnological Crops and their Utilization

Lecturer: Olga Šamajová
Lecture: 2 hours/week
Credits: 2
Winter semester
Form of course completion: exam

• Basic concepts, definitions, classification, methods of preparation and utilization of GM crops, genetic resources and new agronomic traits
• Maize
• Rice (golden rice)
• Wheat and barley
• Rye, triticale and oats
• Potato, cassava, sugar beet
• Oil crops – oilseed rape, sunflower, poppy
• Peas, lentils, beans, soy beans, vetch
• Tomatoes, cucumbers, lettuce, carrots
• Banana, grapes, tobacco, tea, cotton
• Small fruit, fruit, ornamental and forest trees
• Present and future of biotech crops – the importance of growing GM crops, legislation and approval of biotechnology products, patents