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    Plant breeding is the science of changing the traits of plants in order to produce desired characteristics. It is used to improve the quality of plant...
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  • Look up Breeding or breeding in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Breeding is sexual reproduction that produces offspring, usually animals or plants. It can...
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  • Plant breeding started with sedentary agriculture, particularly the domestication of the first agricultural plants, a practice which is estimated to date...
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    Selective breeding (also called artificial selection) is the process by which humans use animal breeding and plant breeding to selectively develop particular...
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    as well as traditional and herbal medicine. It is also important for plant breeding. Seeds and spores can be used for reproduction (e.g. sowing). Seeds...
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  • The Plant Breeding Institute was an agricultural research organisation in Cambridge in the United Kingdom between 1912 and 1987. The institute was established...
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  • from production before reaching the retail level. Modern agronomy, plant breeding, agrochemicals such as pesticides and fertilizers, and technological...
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    parent. The concept of a hybrid is interpreted differently in animal and plant breeding, where there is interest in the individual parentage. In genetics, attention...
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    Tomato (redirect from Tomato plant)
    identifies morphologically characterized 'San Marzano' tomato plants". Plant Breeding. 125 (2): 173–176. doi:10.1111/j.1439-0523.2006.01183.x. Retrieved...
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    of the Sli gene leads to self-compatibility and facilitates precision breeding in potato". Nature Communications. 12 (1): 4141. Bibcode:2021NatCo..12...
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  • the period from the 1940s to 1970s at the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research in Cologne/Vogelsang, where he was a group leader. Michaelis...
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    means and breeding mechanisms. Gene-for-gene relationship Induced systemic resistance Plant defense against herbivory Plant pathology Plant use of endophytic...
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  • evolution. Exposing plants to radiation is sometimes called radiation breeding and is a sub class of mutagenic breeding. Radiation breeding was discovered...
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    Inbreeding (redirect from In-breeding)
    alleles, which can then be eliminated through assortative breeding or through culling. In plant breeding, inbred lines are used as stocks for the creation of...
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  • Crossbreed (redirect from Cross-breeding)
    In animal breeding, crossbreeds are crosses within a single species, while hybrids are crosses between different species. In plant breeding terminology...
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    resistant plants would be further developed. Plants may also be crossed with themselves to produce inbred varieties for breeding. Classical breeding relies...
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  • Plant breeding is process of development of new cultivars. Plant breeding involves development of varieties for different environmental conditions – some...
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  • purpose, plant breeding is presented as four categories: Line breeding (autogamous crops), population breeding (allogamous crops), hybrid breeding (mostly...
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    trait (such as "P" for the dominant allele producing purple flowers in pea plants). When an organism is homozygous-dominant for a particular trait, its genotype...
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    Botany (redirect from Plant biology)
    called plant science (or plant sciences), plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology. A botanist, plant scientist...
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    A breeding programme is the planned breeding of a group of animals or plants, usually involving at least several individuals and extending over several...
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    Lentil (section Breeding)
    Shiv (2016). "Breeding strategies to improve lentil for diverse agro-ecological environments". Indian Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding. 76 (4): 530...
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    gadget to obtain its calyx Some breeding lines developed from the mutation breeding programme at UKM. "Roselle - plant". Encyclopedia Britannica. Revised...
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  • science Backyard breeder Genomics of domestication Plant breeding Progeny testing Selective breeding Selection limits Robert Bakewell Arthur B. Chapman...
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  • Plant breeding in Nepal is the art and science of improving the heredity of plants for benefit of humanity in Nepal. The major crops of Nepal include rice...
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    Legume (redirect from Pulse (plant))
    (1995). The Gene Bank and Breeding of Grain Legumes (lupine, vetch, soya and bean). Theoretical basis of plant breeding. Vol. 111. St. Petersburg: N...
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    old Gane House. The building opened in 2016. The Garden has a plant breeding program. Plant introduction include Aesculus californica 'Canyon Pink', Agave...
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    Triticale (category Plant common names)
    1983). "Use of Indirect Selection in Plant Breeding". In Hogenboon, N. G.; et al. (eds.). Efficiency In Plant Breeding, Proc. 10th Congress Eucarpia. Pudoc...
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  • Agronomy (category Plant agriculture)
    topic of agronomy involves selective breeding of plants to produce the best crops for various conditions. Plant breeding has increased crop yields and has...
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    Implications for Cucumber Breeding". Plant Breeding Reviews. Wiley: 79–111. doi:10.1002/9781119717003.ch4. "Cucumis sativus L." Plants of the World Online....
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