BIOL263
PLANT BREED'G:PAST PRESENT FUT
- Department
- Biology
- Terms offered
- 4
- Data refreshed
- Jun 27, 2026
Description
Section information text: The food we buy in a grocery store freezer, from a fast food drive up window, and at the farmer's market from a local vendor have a lot more in common than we might think. Their ingredients all have an extensive history of human intervention, which took them from meager, sometimes even dangerous wild plants to worldwide dietary staples. Through a combination of lectures, reading of primary literature, and interactive exercises, students will explore the history of plant breeding from early phenotypic selection practiced by our ancestors, to modern techniques based on genetics and genomics. We will also discuss modern breeding technologies such as RNAi and CRISPR, their applications, limitations, governmental regulations, and societal perspectives.
Syllabi
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Offering history & forecast 2020–2022
| Year | Fall | Spring | Summer | Intersession |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2030 | 2030 Fall: 16% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 2 of 7 fall terms since 2020. | 2030 Spring: 19% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 2 of 6 spring terms since 2021. | 2030 Summer: 7% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 9 summer terms since 2018. | 2030 Intersession: 8% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 6 intersession terms since 2020. |
| 2029 | 2029 Fall: 16% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 2 of 7 fall terms since 2020. | 2029 Spring: 19% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 2 of 6 spring terms since 2021. | 2029 Summer: 6% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 10 summer terms since 2017. | 2029 Intersession: 7% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 7 intersession terms since 2017. |
| 2028 | 2028 Fall: 17% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 2 of 7 fall terms since 2020. | 2028 Spring: 20% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 2 of 6 spring terms since 2021. | 2028 Summer: 5% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 11 summer terms since 2016. | 2028 Intersession: 7% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 7 intersession terms since 2017. |
| 2027 | 2027 Fall: 17% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 2 of 7 fall terms since 2020. | 2027 Spring: 20% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 2 of 6 spring terms since 2021. | 2027 Summer: 5% chance, high confidence. Offered in 0 of 12 summer terms since 2015. | 2027 Intersession: 6% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 7 intersession terms since 2017. |
| 2022 | Not offered | 1 section | Not offered | Not offered |
| 2021 | 1 section | 1 section | Not offered | Not offered |
| 2020 | 1 section | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered |
Future estimates combine recent offering frequency with detected multi-year cycles. Hover a cell for confidence and evidence; low-confidence estimates are marked with ~.
Meeting times
Most recent first- Tue, Thu, 10:25 AM–11:40 AM Biological Sciences B124 2021
- Tue, Thu, 10:25 AM–11:40 AM ONLINE 2020
| Term | Professor | Type | Credits | Enrollment | CRN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring 2022 | Kali M. Brandt | Lecture | 1 | 8 of 14 enrolled | 31132 |
| Fall 2021 | Kali M. Brandt | Lecture | 1 | 22 of 20 enrolled | 28017 |
| Spring 2021 | Kali M. Brandt | Online | 1 | 17 of 20 enrolled | 38500 |
| Fall 2020 | Kali M. Brandt | Online | 1 | 22 of 20 enrolled | 28017 |