Sentences with phrase «resistance traits»
«Addressing this problem now will also help us confront the risk of resistance traits and pathogens moving to other countries,» he said.
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Even in these cases, «when Hsp90 levels were reduced these new resistance traits were lost.»
The herbicide - resistance trait spread to 63 % of the conventional fields, including some up to 3 kilometers away from a source.
Even when combining 10 percent GM with 90 percent wild mosquitoes, the Plasmodium - resistance trait dominated after a few generations.
Bacteria can acquire multiple drug resistance traits over time, making them resistant to several different types of antibiotics.
The blaTEM116 gene of the transgenic corn Bt176investigated here is among those frequently found, thus reducing any risk of introducing a new bacterial resistance trait from the transgenic material.»
«We insert insect - resistance traits and herbicide - tolerance traits,» says Steve Evans, who works at Dow AgroSciences.
Because if they set resistant seed, this study tells you that you will have that resistance trait for life.»
Traditional methods used to limit the impact of MSD include insecticides to control leafhopper populations (which are not affordable to most small - scale farmers and can be environmentally damaging), and conventional selective breeding of maize for resistance traits that naturally exist in some varieties.
The discovery clears the way for breeders to develop wheat varieties with the disease - and pest - resistance traits of other grasses, using a legion of genetic tools that can reduce crop losses and pesticide use while foregoing the cost, regulatory hurdles and controversy of genetically modified organisms, or GMOs.