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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

identifies morphologically characterized 'San Marzano' tomato plants". Plant Breeding. 125 (2): 173–176. doi:10.1111/j.1439-0523.2006.01183.x. Retrieved...

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...

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...

who specialized in genetics and plant breeding. As a plant breeder, he made significant contributions to rice breeding. He provided guidance for the development...

Stuttgart. KWI for Plant Breeding Research, founded in Müncheberg in 1929 by Erwin Baur. It is now the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research located...

old Gane House. The building opened in 2016. The Garden has a plant breeding program. Plant introduction include Aesculus californica 'Canyon Pink', Agave...

in research to gain a better understanding of plant genetics, but also play a large role in plant breeding. Mendel's works along with the works of Charles...

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

non-industrial cultivation of plants; horticulture is distinct from gardening by its emphasis on scientific methods, plant breeding, and technical cultivation...

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

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

and drugs, in modern horticulture, agriculture and forestry, plant propagation, breeding and genetic modification, in the synthesis of chemicals and raw...

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

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...

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

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

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

Molecular breeding is the application of molecular biology tools, often in plant breeding and animal breeding. In the broad sense, molecular breeding can be...

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...