Plant breeding is the science of changing the traits of plants in order to produce desired characteristics. It has been used to improve the quality of...

Plant breeding started with sedentary agriculture, particularly the domestication of the first agricultural plants, a practice which is estimated to date...

Look up Breeding or breeding in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Breeding is sexual reproduction that produces offspring, usually animals or plants. It can...

Selective breeding (also called artificial selection) is the process by which humans use animal breeding and plant breeding to selectively develop particular...

The Plant Breeding Institute was an agricultural research organisation in Cambridge in the United Kingdom between 1912 and 1987. The institute was established...

growers have employed many breeding techniques, starting with traditional plant breeding and then moving on to molecular breeding and genetic engineering...

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...

means and breeding mechanisms. Gene-for-gene relationship Induced systemic resistance Plant defense against herbivory Plant pathology Plant use of endophytic...

of the Sli gene leads to self-compatibility and facilitates precision breeding in potato". Nature Communications. 12 (1): 4141. doi:10.1038/s41467-021-24267-6...

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...

from production before reaching the retail level. Modern agronomy, plant breeding, agrochemicals such as pesticides and fertilizers, and technological...

resistant plants would be further developed. Plants may also be crossed with themselves to produce inbred varieties for breeding. Classical breeding relies...

Plant breeding is process of development of new cultivars. Plant breeding involves development of varieties for different environmental conditions – some...

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...

scientist specializing in the field of Plant Genetics and Breeding. He is known for his contribution to Basmati rice breeding. He is former director and Vice-Chancellor...

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...

purpose, plant breeding is presented as four categories: Line breeding (autogamous crops), population breeding (allogamous crops), hybrid breeding (mostly...

In animal breeding, crossbreeds are crosses within a single species, while hybrids are crosses between different species. In plant breeding terminology...

Implications for Cucumber Breeding". Plant Breeding Reviews. Wiley: 79–111. doi:10.1002/9781119717003.ch4. "Cucumis sativus L." Plants of the World Online....

years of cultivation for desired traits to emerge through selective plant breeding, and 10 or more generations for the hybrid chilis to stabilize with...

evolution. Exposing plants to radiation is sometimes called radiation breeding and is a sub class of mutagenic breeding. Radiation breeding was discovered...

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...

the needs of institutions or private estates. Some will also work in plant breeding. A "nurseryman" is a person who owns or works in a nursery. Some nurseries...

(1995). The Gene Bank and Breeding of Grain Legumes (lupine, vetch, soya and bean). Theoretical basis of plant breeding. Vol. 111. St. Petersburg: N...

Duchesne began to study the breeding of strawberries and made several discoveries crucial to the science of plant breeding, such as the sexual reproduction...

"Rose". In Van Huylenbroeck, Johan (ed.). Ornamental Crops. Handbook of Plant Breeding. Vol. 11. Springer. pp. 719–767 See p. 720. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-90698-0_27...

topic of agronomy involves selective breeding of plants to produce the best crops for various conditions. Plant breeding has increased crop yields and has...

Partnership Initiative for Plant Breeding Capacity Building (GIPB) is a global partnership dedicated to increasing plant breeding capacity building. The mission...

gadget to obtain its calyx Some breeding lines developed from the mutation breeding programme at UKM. "Roselle - plant". Encyclopedia Britannica. Revised...

science Backyard breeder Genomics of domestication Plant breeding Progeny testing Selective breeding Selection limits Robert Bakewell Arthur B. Chapman...