PROGRAMS |
Relevant CoursesAs indicated by the following list, UC Davis offers a great number of upper-level undergraduate and graduate-level courses in a wide variety of departments that are relevant to students interested in plant breeding. While required courses will depend on which academic program you choose, each program also offers some degree of choice of electives. Through consultation with your academic advisors, you will be able to tailor your program to your specific interests. |
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ABT233 |
Pest Control Practices (3 units, Winter) |
ANG204 |
Theory of Quantitative Genetics (3 units, Spring – offered in alternate years) |
ANG208 |
Estimation of Genetic Parameters (3 units) |
| ANG212 | Sequence Analysis in Molecular Genetics (2 units, Winter – offered in alternate years) |
| ARE100A | Intermediate Microeconomics: Theory of Production and Consumption (4 units, Fall/Winter/Spring) |
| ARE130 | Agricultural Markets (4 units, Spring) |
| ARE138 | International Commodity and Resource Markets (3 units, Winter) |
| BIS101 | Genes and Gene Expression (4 units, Fall/Winter/Spring) |
| BIT150 | Applied Bioinformatics (4 units, Fall) |
| ECL204 | Population and Community Ecology (4 units, offered in alternate years) |
| ECL207 | Plant Population Biology (3 units, Winter) |
| ENH125 | Greenhouse and Nursery Crop Production (5 units, Winter) |
| ENH145 | Tree Improvement and Utility (3 units) |
| ENH150 | Genetics and Plant Conservation: The Biodiversity Crisis (3 units, Winter) |
| ENT110 | Arthropod Pest Management (5 units, Winter) |
| ENT135 | Introduction to Biological Control (4 units, Spring) |
| ENT230 | Advanced Biological Control (4 units, Fall – offered in alternate years) |
| EVE100 | Introduction to Evolution (4 units, Fall/Winter/Spring) |
| EVE102 | Population and Quantitative Genetics (4 units, Spring) |
| EVE117 | Plant Ecology (4 units, Fall) |
| GGG201A | Advanced Genetic Analysis (5 units, Spring) |
| GGG201B | Genomics (5 units, Spring) |
| GGG201C | Molecular Biology (4 units, Spring) |
| GGG201D | Quantitative and Population Genetics (5 units, Winter) |
| GGG220 | Genomics and Biotechnology of Plant Improvement (3 units, Winter) |
| HYD124 | Plant-Water-Soil Relationships (4 units, Spring) |
| IAD170 | Program Development for International Agriculture (4 units, Winter) |
| IAD202N | Analysis and Determinants of Farming Systems (4 units, Spring) |
| IPM201 | Concepts and Systems of Plant Protection and Pest Management (4 units, Winter – offered in alternate years) |
| MCB160L | Principles of Genetics Laboratory (4 units, Fall/Winter/Spring) |
| MCB161 | Molecular Genetics (3 units, Winter) |
| MCB163 | Developmental Genetics (3 units, Winter) |
| MCB164 | Advanced Eukaryotic Genetics (3 units, Spring) |
| MCB182 | Principles of Genomics (3 units, Spring) |
| MCB262 | Transgenic Expression Systems (3 units, offered in alternate years) |
| MCB263 | Biotechnology Fundamentals and Application (2 units, Winter – offered in alternate years) |
| MCB282 | Biotechnology Internship (7-12 units) |
| NEM110 | Introduction to Nematology (2 units, Winter) |
| PBI201 | Plant Senescence: Cellular and Molecular Aspects (4 units, Fall) |
| PBI202 | Advanced Physiology of Cultivated Plants (2 units, Fall) |
| PBI208 | Plant Hormones and Regulators (4 units, Winter – offered in alternate years) |
| PBI210 | Plant Ecophysiology (3 units, Winter – offered in alternate years) |
| PBI212 | Physiology of Herbicidal Action (3 units, Spring – offered in alternate years) |
| PBI219 | Reproductive Biology of Flowering Plants (3 units, Fall – offered in alternate years) |
| PBI220 | Plant Developmental Biology (4 units, offered in alternate years) |
| PBI223 | Special Topics in Scientific Methods (2 units, Fall) |
| PLB105 | Developmental Plant Anatomy (5 units, Fall) |
| PLB108 | Systematics and Evolution of Angiosperm (5 units, Spring) |
| PLB111 | Plant Physiology (3 units, Fall) |
| PLB112 | Plant Growth and Development (3 units, Winter) |
| PLB113 | Molecular and Cellular Biology of Plants (3 units, Spring) |
| PLB116 | Plant Morphology and Evolution (5 units, Winter) |
| PLB119 | Population Biology of Weeds (3 units, Spring) |
| PLB126 | Plant Biochemistry (3 units, Fall) |
| PLB141 | Principles and Methods of Ethnobotany (4 units, Winter – offered in alternate years) |
| PLB142 | Ecology of Crop Systems (4 units, Winter) |
| PLB143 | Evolution of Crop Plants (3 units, Spring) |
| PLB150 | Plant Natural Product Chemistry (3 units, Fall) |
| PLB152 | Plant Genetics (4 units, Spring) |
| PLB153 | Plant Cell, Tissue, and Organ Culture (4 units, Winter – offered in alternate years) |
| PLB154 | Introduction to Plant Breeding (4 units, Winter) |
| PLB157 | Physiology of Environmental Stresses in Plants (4 units, Winter) |
| PLB158 | Mineral Nutrition of Plants (4 units, Spring) |
| PLB160 | Principles of Plant Biotechnology (3 units, Winter) |
| PLB161A | Plant Genetics and Biotechnology Laboratory (4 units, Fall) |
| PLB161B | Plant Genetics and Biotechnology Laboratory (4 units, Winter) |
| PLB171 | Plant Propagation (4 units, Fall) |
| PLB172 | Postharvest Physiology and Handling of Horticultural Commodities (3 units, Fall) |
| PLB172L | Postharvest Physiology and Handling Laboratory (2 units, Fall) |
| PLB173 | Biological Applications in Fruit Tree Management (2 units, Winter) |
| PLB174 | Biological Applications in Fruit Production (2 units, Spring) |
| PLB176 | Introduction to Weed Science (3 units, Winter) |
| PLP120 | Introduction to Plant Pathology (4 units, Fall/Spring) |
| PLP130 | Fungal Biotechnology and Biochemistry (3 units, Winter) |
| PLP123 | Plant-Virus-Vector Interaction (3 units, Fall) |
| PLP209 | Principles of Plant Disease Control (3 units, Winter – offered in alternate years) |
| PLS110A | Principles of Agronomic Crop Production in Temperate and Tropical Systems (3 units) |
| PLS110B | Management of Agronomic Crops in Temperate and Tropical Systems (3 units, Spring) |
| PLS110C | Crop Management Systems for Vegetable Production (4 units, Fall) |
| PLS118 | Seed Production and Quality (4 units, Spring – offered in alternate years) |
| PLS120 | Applied Statistics in Agricultural Science (4 units, Fall) |
| PLS150 | Cropping Systems of the World (4 units, Winter) |
| PLS170A | Fruit and Nut Cropping Systems (2 units, Fall) |
| PLS170B | Fruit and Nut Cropping Systems (2 units, Spring) |
| PLS222 | Advanced Plant Breeding (4 units, Spring) |
| PLS205 | Experimental Design and Analysis (4 units, Winter) |
| PLS206 | Multivariate Systems and Modeling (4 units, Spring) |
| PLS212 | Postharvest Biology and Biotechnology of Fruits and Nuts (3 units, Spring – offered in alternate years) |
| PLS220 | Genomics and Biotechnology of Plant Improvement (3 units) |
| PLS221 | Genomics and Breeding of Vegetable Crops (3 units, Spring) |
| PLS291 | Seminar in Plant Breeding and the Evolution of Cultivated Plants |
| SSC208 | Soil-Plant Interrelationships (3 units, Winter – offered in alternate years) |
| VEN110 | Grapevine Growth and Physiology (3 units, Winter) |
| VEN118 | Grapevine Pests, Diseases and Disorders (3 units, Fall) |
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