Sentences with phrase «breeding efforts»

His efforts are one of the most well - documented breeding efforts ever recorded.

Through selective breeding efforts, guinea pigs are found in an array of colors and coat types from which to choose.

Efforts led by the State of Wyoming and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service that brought in teams of experts in a wide diversity of fields, saved the black - footed ferret from extinction through successful breeding efforts in specialized facilities, including zoos.

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.

«While we and our collaborators continue to work to enhance the resolution of our knowledge of the wheat genome, these results should have an significant impact on breeding efforts and further research studies of the wheat genomes and its those of its wild relatives,» said McCombie, summing up the project's technical and biological impact.

Paul conducted the foundational work with Band - tailed Pigeon breeding for the project and continues to advise designs for future breeding efforts with Band - tailed Pigeons and new Passenger Pigeons.

However successful captive breeding efforts saved the toad from total oblivion.

Land iguana populations were nearly decimated by invasive species during the 20th century, but breeding efforts at the Charles Darwin Research Station in the 1990s led to a successful reintroduction campaign.

This kitten was Du - Bu Lambtex, the first rex - coated kitten to be born as a result of the concerted breeding efforts with Kallibunker.

You can't pamper players in this day and age, competition breeds effort and progress.

Mo Yun, who oversaw DBN's seed breeding efforts in China, was «in charge of the specifics from the home country side,» DBN's chief operating officer wrote in an instant message to Mo Hailong that was intercepted by FBI agents.

In subsequent breeding efforts, the breeders can quickly determine if new cultivars carry that trait or other useful traits for the next generation of cacao trees.

«We lead an international effort to enhance cowpea breeding efforts, targeting many traits,» Close said.

«This is why breeding efforts have been so successful in maize.»

«It is widely accepted that breeding efforts focused on aboveground traits alone are not sufficient to achieve the necessary agricultural yield to meet this future global demand.

The success of the controversial breeding effort has added weight to the theory that mixing up animal populations is good for the species» survival.

State - sponsored breeding efforts were conducted in earnest, and the Soviet Military and the Secret Police (KGB) led them.

Dedicated dog lovers searched the country for the few surviving Kuvasz and started breeding efforts again in the late 1940 ′ s.

After recognizing that this is an autosomal dominant disorder, meaning that there are no healthy carriers of this condition and any affected cat must have at least one affected parent, careful breeding efforts have now significantly reduced the prevalence of this disease.

Our collective breeding efforts have resulted in dogs born with instinctual qualities intrinsic to hunting, herding, drafting, guarding livestock, protecting the property and family, and being a companion.

Laverack's breeding efforts resulted in a gentle dog who made a fine companion and show animal, but did not always perform well in field trials.

Hundreds of hamsters are brought to animal shelters every year when intentional breeding efforts overwhelm the owner.

Partially because of these early breeding efforts which frowned on «man biters,» pit bulls gained a reputation for their trustworthy nature with humans.

Five minutes from the lot is the ARA project, a super successful ecologically - conscious breeding effort to reintroduce the Giant Scarlet Macaws to their former home on the Nicoya Peninsula.

The uptick in U.S. sightings conincides with two successful Short - tailed Albatross breeding efforts, one in 2011 and one in 2012, both by the same pair of birds on Midway.

Gentry added that the researchers hypothesize that corn yields can be further increased in a sustainable way, even beyond the results demonstrated in this study, with continued crop breeding efforts, advancements in fertilizer formulations and placement technology, and possibly, with the development of effective plant growth promoters, she said.

The first global survey of the distribution and conservation of 1076 wild relatives of 81 crops finds that more than 95 % are insufficiently safeguarded in the world's gene banks, which store seeds and other plant tissues that can be used for future breeding efforts.

And the poisoning of vultures in Asia that threatened to wipe out the three scavenging bird species of the Indian subcontinent has been checked through a combination of replacement drugs in livestock and captive breeding efforts, says ornithologist Nancy Clum of WCS.

These breeding efforts form part of a bigger research initiative under the Temperate Rice Research Consortium.

«The fascinating part of this study is the inference that communication between mates allows murres to negotiate the level of effort that each member of the pair puts into the breeding effort,» says John Piatt, a wildlife biologist with the U.S. Geological Survey in Anchorage, Alaska.

Galvanized by public concern, the Territory of Hawaii organized a breeding effort in the 1930s to save what would later become the state bird.

Native Americans cultivated sunflowers to use for food, medicine, and dye, says Lentz, and their breeding efforts produced tall, single - headed plants with big seeds that are rich in nutrients and easy to harvest.

Sal's aviary will aid in breeding efforts for new Passenger Pigeons.

«Our breeding efforts have intensified again because there is a growing interest in the restoration of these horses,» says Dr Monika Reissmann from the Department for Crop and Animal Sciences at Humboldt University in Germany.

The Black Russian Terrier, derived from a combination of 14 different breeds, was definitely the most successful dog to come out of the Russian Army's breeding efforts.

Not only was there a massively renewed interest in developing new military dog breeds as a result of the conflict, but many thousands of new German Shepherd Dogs were captured by the Soviet military as trophies of war to be used in breeding efforts.

Von Stephanitz purchased this dog and through his breeding efforts, made him the grandfather of the modern day German shepherd.

Understanding these driving forces will help the responsible breeder not only effectively match their stock to the demand of the community but will also help them in maximizing the return on their breeding efforts and get the greatest value for their subsequent offspring.

This breed has a tendency to bark frequently, but breeding efforts have reduced this trait somewhat in recent years.

However, that was the extent of my breeding efforts and after purchasing a female Labrador Retriever and trying my hand at conformation, I realized that the life of dog breeding just wasn't for me.

This would certainly be a good idea prior to scrapping your breeding program — the small investment in X-rays could be far less costly than finding new dogs to serve as the foundation for your breeding efforts!

These breeding efforts produced a dog that hunts well on land and in water, requiring little training to do so.

In order to achieve the petite size of toy breeds, breeding efforts have selected and consolidated genetic variation that limits growth potential through mechanisms thought to impair growth hormone and insulin - like growth factor (IGF1) signaling pathways [38,39].

Information on the extent to which crop yields are affected by specific extreme weather events is important for the insurance sector, food security studies, climate change impact assessments, guiding extension services and policy making, or supporting crop breeding efforts, say Stefan Siebert and colleagues