Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) Canada 2011

• 01. - Agriculture, agriculture operations and related sciences
• 01.11 - Plant sciences

01.1104 - Agricultural and horticultural plant breeding

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the application of genetics and genetic engineering to the improvement of agricultural plant health, the development of new plant varieties, and the selective improvement of agricultural plant populations. These programs include courses in genetics, genetic engineering, population genetics, agronomy, plant protection, and biotechnology.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • agricultural plant breeding
  • genetics and plant breeding
  • horticultural plant breeding
  • plant breeding
  • plant breeding genetics

• Exclusion(s)

  • botany(26.0301)
  • horticultural science(01.1103)
  • horticultural technology(01.0601)
  • nursery technology(01.0606)
  • ornamental horticulture production(01.0603)
  • plant biotechnology(26.1201)
  • plant genetics(26.0805)