Education area code and classification: 8D08 – “Agriculture and bioresources”
Code and classification of training direction: 8D081 – “Crop production”
Awarded degree: doctor of philosophy (PhD) , specialty "Genetics and selection of agricultural crops»
Duration of training: 2 years
Purpose of the educational programme:training of specialists with a high level of professional culture, including the culture of professional communication, having a civil position, able to formulate and solve modern scientific and practical problems in the educational sphere, successfully carry out teaching, research and management activities in organizations of higher and special education, colleges and enterprises in the sphere of agriculture.
General characteristics of the educational program
The educational program "Genetics and selection of agricultural crops" is designed on the basis of a modular system of studying disciplines and consists of 2 modules that form General cultural and professional competence in the scientific and pedagogical direction. The educational program involves fundamental, educational, methodological and research training and in-depth study of disciplines in agricultural areas of education for higher and postgraduate education and enterprises of agriculture.
The educational program contains a course of theoretical training, including the study of cycles of core and profile disciplines; additional types of training: pedagogical and research practice, research work of a doctoral student, including the implementation of a doctoral dissertation, as well as the final certification - a comprehensive exam and design and defense of a doctoral thesis.
The relevance of the educational program "Genetics and selection of crops" is the need to prepare scientific and scientific-pedagogical personnel of higher qualification, capable of innovation in the field of science, education and production. Accordingly, the PhD student must develop the skills of independent research and teaching activities, as well as other competencies necessary for successful work in the field of agricultural activity.
The educational program is designed to train specialists with a high level of professional culture, able to formulate and solve modern scientific and practical problems in the educational sphere, to successfully carry out teaching, research and management activities successfully.
For the wide implementation of the educational program qualified specialists in this fieldare required.
The uniqueness of the educational program is in the training of specialists to carry out activities to study the phenomena of heredity and variability at all levels, the use of genetic laws in breeding with the skills of working in the laboratory and in the field stationary. Ability to analyze the information, generalization and systematization. The educational program combines all areas of modern biology, which are a key factor in the progress in the study of complex biological processes and systems at the molecular, cellular, organizational and population levels.
Professional activities
The sphere of professional activity of PhD doctoral student of the educational program "Genetics and selection of crops" - scientific, pedagogical, administrative and industrial activities in the field of agriculture in particular:
- local and Republican state institutions, as well as various types of agricultural formations (individual, collective, farms, joint-stock companies, limited liability partnership, production cooperatives, etc.).);
- educational activities in higher, secondary special, vocational educational institutions of agricultural and biological profile, scientific and managerial activities in scientific and industrial institutions, in the apparatus of local, regional, national structures.
Professional competences
to understand:
- modern scientific methods;
-advanced technical means and methods for use in the breeding process;
-trends and directions of development and prospects of their use;
-modeling of crop varieties;
- the principles of organization of management processes;
- the mechanism of implementation of scientific developments in practice;
- norms of interaction in the scientific community;
- the pedagogical and scientific ethics of the researcher.
to know:
- stress and adaptation – General characteristics of the phenomena;
- classification of stressors (biotic and abiotic nature);
- reception of a stress signal plants;
- signal transduction paths;
- participation of hormones in signal transduction;
- plant responses to stressors;
- specific and non-specific reactions;
- stress proteins and their functions;
-fundamentals of physiological stability of plants at the molecular, cellular, organizational and cenotic levels;
- the concept of variety and its importance in agricultural production;
- classification of the source material according to the degree of breeding study, hybridization, mutagenesis, polyploidy and haploidy;
- selection methods, selection of the most important properties, organization and technique of the breeding process;
-technique of variety testing of field crops;
-theoretical basis of seed production, nature and technology cartoony and renovation;
-schemes and methods of production of elite seeds, seed production system of individual crops;
-system of placement and introduction in production of seeds of the best zoned grades, varietal allowances at sale of seeds, schemes and methods of receiving elite seeds of self-pollinating, cross-pollinating and vegetatively propagating plants;
-varietal and seed control in seed production;
-modern technologies of cultivation of crops based on morphological and biological requirements, taking into account climatic and agroecological conditions of the zone;
-on the main methods and methods of obtaining the optimal yield for a particular agricultural situation;
- on the organization and implementation of production processes during the cultivation of field crops, taking into account the possibility of managing the productivity of crops and the quality of the products, using modern agricultural machinery, chemical and agrotechnical means of protecting seeds and plants;
-on the integration of the main provisions and methods used in agriculture, Agrochemistry in crop production, in solving professional problems;
- methodology and methodology of teaching in institutions of higher and
special education and scientific experiments;
- modern means of communication, computer technology, prospects and trends in the development of information technologies in the field of higher and special education;
- fundamentals of Economics, labor organization, higher and special
education, production and research.
to be able to:
-use modern methods of selection;
- conduct individual and mass selection of field crops;
- know the technique of crossing;
-evaluate varieties on economic grounds;
- carry out the calculation of seed areas for crops;
-fill in documents on breeding and seed production;
- organize primary seed production and improvement of varieties in the process of primary seed production;
- grow elite varieties of grain and leguminous crops;
-grow the seeds in fertile and sterile counterparts of lines of corn;
- grow virus-free elite of potatoes with the use of clonal selection;
-draw up documentation for varietal crops;
- choose effective methods and ways of performance of tasks on management of quantity and quality of the received crop production;
-analyze the problems and processes of the technological plan;
- apply the received theoretical knowledge and practical skills in the implementation of pedagogical activity, independent fundamental and applied research;
-formulate and solve problems arising in the course of professional, research and teaching activities that require in-depth professional knowledge;
- present the results of the work done in the form of reports, reports, abstracts, articles, designed in accordance with the existing requirements, with the involvement of modern editing and printing;
- contribute their own original solutions, research, expanding the boundaries of scientific fields and educational programs.
To have skills:
-sampling, source material, documentation for varietal crops;
-testing of field crops;
-for individual and mass selection of seeds;
-to manage the productivity of crops, to take into account the dangers and threats arising in the process of cultivation, compliance with the basic requirements of agricultural technologies;
- scientific communication;
- use of General scientific methodology logic and technology of research work with the design of its results in various forms of scientific products.
be competent:
- in the field of scientific and scientific-pedagogical activity in the conditions of rapid updating and growth of information flows;
- in carrying out theoretical and experimental research in the field of crop breeding;
- in the formulation and solution of theoretical and applied problems in scientific research;
- in carrying out a professional and comprehensive analysis of the problems in the selection of crops;
- in matters of interpersonal communication and human resource management;
- in matters of University training;
- in the examination of scientific projects and research;
- to ensure continuous professional growth.