Sentences with phrase «breeding better crops»

Not exact matches

Many scientists are trying to unravel the complex crop genetics that allows these crops to tolerate environmental extremes, and they hope to use conventional breeding methods to create varieties that perform even better.

Wild relatives of crops could be better suited to harsher climes, but efforts to collect and breed such crops are just beginning.

Higher frequency of extreme weather conditions makes it more difficult not only to predict harvests but also to breed crop plants that can better cope with future climate.

A new photosynthesis discovery at The University of Queensland may help breed faster - growing wheat crops that are better adapted to hotter, drier climates.

In agriculture, it will take both better breeding — for more water efficient crops — and smarter irrigation.

Dr Steven Spoel of the University of Edinburgh's School of Biological Sciences, who led the study, said: «Understanding nitrogen absorption better will ultimately allow us to breed crop varieties that need less fertiliser, and therefore are better for the environment.»

The 50 researchers also call on the federal government to provide better funding for crop breeding efforts at public universities, and for universities to develop new ways of steering revenues from popular crop varieties back into research.

A well - known breeding technique called backcrossing has become far more potent recently, as markers have allowed scientists to locate rare offspring that retain only the desired — and now detectable — genes from orphan crops.

But it appears that, to date, traditional plant breeding boosts crop yields better than genetic modification.

Plant breeding is the genetic improvement of the crop in order to develop new varieties with desirable characters (traits)-- higher yield, resistance to diseases, better nutrition (higher micronutrient content).

Cassava breeding is a slow process, but Rabbi and his colleagues from IITA, National Root Crops Research Institute in Nigeria and National Crops Resources Research Institute in Uganda hope to speed things up using the genetic resources in NextGen's cassavabase.org, which can help breeders to pick the best parental varieties and provides a unified platform for sharing cassava breeding information.

The researchers say their speed breeding technique has the potential to not only boost yields for farmers, but lead to crops of better quality

Hickey says the speed breeding technique has the potential to not only boost yields for farmers, but lead to crops of better quality.

Gene sequencing and molecular markers help track the best traits when breeding new crops.

From the 16th to 18th centuries, as selective breeding allowed for better yields of «edible carrots,» the differences between the domesticated food crop and its wild counterpart grew, and many of these medicinal uses were abandoned.

Many well - known figures and U.S. Presidents throughout our history owned cropped and / or docked breeds, including the Kennedys and the Bushs.

The American Kennel Club breed club standards for these breeds generally include descriptions of both the ideal cropped, as well as a natural ear conformation.

Despite her poor crop job, she seems to be well bred - and is very well behaved.

GRCA believes that ear cropping, tail docking, and dewclaw removal, as described in certain breed standards, are acceptable practices integral to enhancing good health and / or defining and preserving breed character.

At a joint meeting this Wednesday AKC explained to the AVMA that we recognize ear cropping and tail docking, as prescribed in certain breed standards, are acceptable practices integral to defining and preserving breed character, enhancing good health, and preventing injuries.

The American Kennel Club recognizes that ear cropping, tail docking, and dewclaw removal, as described in certain breed standards, are acceptable practices integral to defining and preserving breed character and / or enhancing good health.

The breed standard allows for both cropped and uncropped ears and has a very good description of each.

AKC policy remains the same: ``... ear cropping, tail docking, and dewclaw removal, as described in certain breed standards, are acceptable practices integral to defining and preserving breed character and / or enhancing good health.»

Different ear shapes and lengths, coat textures and lengths, tail - docking and ear - cropping for breed - specific «aesthetics» (unnecessary and cruel if you ask me) as well as the great variety in breeds and looks (floppy ears vs pricked or long tails vs fluffy curled up tails) greatly affects their ability to express themselves the way a more wolf - like dog (such as a German Shepherd or a Husky) would.

The paper you mention (http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3040.2008.01841.x) does not contradict BPL's point: yes, we can create / breed some crops that will grow better under higher CO2, but only with sufficient irrigation.

Giving his suggestions, he stressed the need for developing varieties (idealistic plants) from climate change perspective and introduction of new crops using conventional as well as mutation breeding through biotechnology and genetic engineering.

GM Crops Benefit Companies Producing Them More Than People Though proponents of GMO technology unfailing claim that such agricultural «advances» are needed to feed the 7 billion (and still growing) people on this planet — and well - meaning organizations such as the Gates Foundation push it on poor nations, much in the same way international lending organization such as the World Bank mistakenly did with export - led development in previous decades — the fact is that genetically modified crops in the balance fare no better than conventionally - bred crops in terms of crop yield or climate resistCrops Benefit Companies Producing Them More Than People Though proponents of GMO technology unfailing claim that such agricultural «advances» are needed to feed the 7 billion (and still growing) people on this planet — and well - meaning organizations such as the Gates Foundation push it on poor nations, much in the same way international lending organization such as the World Bank mistakenly did with export - led development in previous decades — the fact is that genetically modified crops in the balance fare no better than conventionally - bred crops in terms of crop yield or climate resistcrops in the balance fare no better than conventionally - bred crops in terms of crop yield or climate resistcrops in terms of crop yield or climate resistance.

But I'll only detain you here, class, for the moment necessary to point out that there are 221 ovine breeds, including the tendentiously named Meatmaster and British Milk Sheep, as well as the spiral - horned Racka (no, not as in «rack a» lamb») and the minature Olde English Babydoll Southdown, suitable for cropping your suburban lawn.