FST2171: Molecular Biology and Genetics

Only some 10% of the world is farmed. Apart from urban areas much of the remaining 11.5 billion ha are lands too hostile for any sort of agriculture. It is acknowledged that, in order to feed the eight billion mouths we expect by 2030 we will need to double world food production yet again. Molecular biology and genetics is a module which aims to equip students with knowledge  and techniques on how will be the breeding of new varieties of food crops and animals that will both improve yields