Tree breeding is the application of genetic, reproductive biology and economics principles to the genetic improvement and management of forest trees. In...

School. Eucalyptus trees are now considered an invasive species in the region. In India, the Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding, Coimbatore started...

United States and northern Mexico in the region of the Mississippi River. The tree is cultivated for its seed primarily in the U.S. states of Georgia, New Mexico...

wooded open countryside, with the house sparrow breeding in the more urban areas. The Eurasian tree sparrow's extensive range and large population ensure...

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

Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding (IFGTB) is a Forestry Research institute situated in Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu. It works under the Indian...

Tamil Nadu. It is currently run by the Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding (IFGTB), which is situated in the same campus. The museum was reopened...

better to regions of high altitudes. Tree-kangaroos must find places comfortable and well-adapted for breeding, as they only give birth to one joey per...

USDA-Connecticut Breeding Programs". The Journal of the American Chestnut Foundation. 1 (2): 8–13. Valigra, Lori. "Back-Breeding Could Restore Chestnut Trees Ravaged...

Mutation breeding, sometimes referred to as "variation breeding", is the process of exposing seeds to chemicals, radiation, or enzymes in order to generate...

cherry), a cherry tree endemic in Japan. Historically, the Japanese have developed many cultivars by selective breeding of cherry trees, which are produced...

might explain poor breeding success in Australia if people were unknowingly trying to breed the northern and southern green tree pythons, as they were...

1: Apples" (PDF). In Jules Janick; James N. Moore (eds.). Fruit Breeding, Volume I: Tree and Tropical Fruits. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. p. 9. ISBN 978-0-471-31014-3...

the West Indies. The tree swallow nests either in isolated pairs or loose groups, in both natural and artificial cavities. Breeding can start as soon as...

raising a particular type of plant. Hybrid breeding: To speed maturity of hybrids in fruit tree breeding programs. Hybrid seedlings may take ten or more...

Moringa oleifera is a fast-growing, drought-resistant tree of the family Moringaceae, native to the Indian subcontinent and used extensively in South and...

phenotypically-selected trees. In advanced generation seed orchards, the seed orchards are harvesting the benefits generated by tree breeding and the parents...

trees Breeding programmes have found the high shell-seal trait. The most widely planted varieties of almond are self-incompatible; hence these trees require...

The peach (Prunus persica) is a deciduous tree first domesticated and cultivated in Zhejiang province of Eastern China. It bears edible juicy fruits with...

appointed founder and chairman. Porim's scientists work in oil palm tree breeding, palm oil nutrition and potential oleochemical use. Porim was renamed...

the trees yield fruits and the long resulting breeding cycles, mangosteen breeding has not proven attractive for transplanting or research. Breeding objectives...

genome comes from the pomelo. The pomelo is employed today in artificial breeding programs: The common sweet orange (Citrus × sinensis) is a pomelo × mandarin...

plants in the family Moraceae, consists of diverse species of deciduous trees commonly known as mulberries, growing wild and under cultivation in many...

retains the appearance of a single tree. It is 20.5 metres high with a crown diameter of 38.2 metres. A breeding colony of mottled spinetails (Telacanthura...

The spaghetti-tree hoax was a three-minute hoax report broadcast on April Fools' Day 1957 by the BBC current-affairs programme Panorama, purportedly showing...

apple with the variety designation 'WA 38'. Breeding began in 1997 at the Washington State University (WSU) Tree Fruit Research and Extension Center in Wenatchee...

varieties" of an animal species achieved through the process of selective breeding. When the lineage of a purebred animal is recorded, that animal is said...

germplasm. However, the use of this technology for reforestation and tree breeding of conifers is in its infancy. Plant embryogenesis Callus (cell biology)...

elm disease. The Swedish Forest Tree Breeding Association at Källstorp produced triploid and tetraploid forms of the tree, but these proved no more resistant...

form a problem. Those stones have to be eliminated by breeding. Tamarillo is known as Naga Tree Tomato in Nagaland, and it is registered under the Geographical...