BIO-M621 Plant breeding (20 credits)
Principles of plant breeding, genetic resources, heterosis, chromosome manipulation, mutation breeding, marker-assisted selection, stress resistance, genotype-environment interactions, Mendelian, biometrical and population genetics, genetic mapping and comparative crop genetics.

BIO-M634 Plant-microbe interactions and the control of plant diseases (20 credits)
The biology, genetics and molecular genetics of plant-microbe interactions, signalling between plants and microbes, disease resistance genes, breeding for disease resistance and disease control strategies.

BIO-M629 Molecular genetics and biotechnology in plant breeding (20 credits)
Organisation and composition of plant genomes, comparative genomics of crop plants, plant gene isolation, gene mapping, gene regulation, gene expression profiling, functional genomics, transgenic plants in plant breeding, and bioinformatics.

BIO-M66Y Advanced plant breeding (20 credits)
This unit provides a broad picture of the practical aspects of crop improvement from a commercial and applied perspective. Students gain an understanding of commercially directed plant breeding in a wide range of crop plants.

BIO-M623 Postgraduate training programme (10 credits)
Transferable skills training including scientific writing, seminar presentation, accessing information, CV preparation and interview techniques.

BIO-M62Y Research project (90 credits)
Students gain six months practical experience in a leading international research group. Projects are performed at UEA, John Innes Centre or the Sainsbury Laboratory and students prepare a dissertation. Research facilities are among the best in Europe and provide an excellent opportunity to learn state-of-the-art research.