Sentences with phrase «conventional breeding of»

Some soybean varieties have resistance to the tiny parasitic worms through conventional breeding of naturally occurring resistance genes, but the current level of resistance is becoming less reliable.

(b) any plant, descended from the plant referred to in paragraph (a), that is the result of conventional breeding of that plant with --

Not exact matches

«A lack of genetic variation in rice has hindered efforts by conventional breeding programs to address iron levels.

However, surveys of rice germplasm around the world failed to identify any variety that contain significant amounts of beta carotene, so conventional breeding programs could not be used to develop Golden Rice.»

«Using a new approach of combining molecular identification of the SPIKE gene and conventional breeding, we have developed rice, with the SPIKE gene, that has higher yield when compared with an equivalent rice without the gene,» Dr. Kobayashi said.

Using conventional plant breeding methods, our researchers have developed Kebari ® barley, a world - first barley grain that has 10,000 times less hordeins (the type of gluten found in barley) than regular barley.

Unlike conventional breeding, it can entirely prevent the inclusion of unwanted genes and associated traits.

It was developed with conventional breeding but is one of the major crops, including corn and soy, that have been made GMO to resist roundup and other herbicides.

They have around one m / sq per bird of outdoor space and are a slower growing breed than our conventional chickens.

A study by the British Trust for Ornithology (1995) compared breeding and over-wintering of birds on 44 organic and conventional farms.

The genetic improvement of Musa using conventional breeding, and modern tools of molecular and cellular biology

At the time, conventional wisdom had it that John Daly's appearance on the golf scene, as well as Woods» ascendency, were attracting «a new breed of fans» to the course, as the AP piece indicated.

A 2014 report to the UK Council for Science and Technology, for instance, concluded that «it is not appropriate to have a regulatory framework that is based on the premise that GM crops are more hazardous than crop varieties produced by conventional plant breeding», citing two decades of extensive studies that have not revealed significant risks to human, animal or environmental health.

The intriguing thing to me about working in agricultural biotechnology at this moment is watching how a multitude of subdisciplines such as plant physiology, biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, bioinformatics, and molecular and conventional breeding are blending into one big continuum where the lines begin to blur.

«The majority of nonscientists don't understand the process of conventional plant breeding,» Dale explains, «so it is very hard for them to understand GM.»

Racing to stay ahead of food demands In the medium term, conventional crossbreeding helped by molecular biology techniques (a technique called «marker assisted breeding») may suffice.

With this knowledge, Gasser observes, humans may be able to create other varieties of seedless fruits, such as cherimoyas and tomatoes, that have so far defied conventional breeding techniques.

But maintaining a mosaic of GM and non-GM fields means pests that develop a tolerance can breed with susceptible populations from conventional fields, slowing the evolution of full - blown resistance.

The industry researchers identified thousands of genes associated with drought tolerance, then incorporated them into their hybrids through conventional breeding.

Using conventional breeding techniques, Borlaug's crucial breakthrough was crossing stubby - stalked dwarf wheat with high - yielding varieties, resulting in a plant that was both extremely productive — when given ample fertilizer — and strong enough to hold up under the weight of large clusters of grain.

The vast majority of differences reported between organic and conventional milk come from what cows are fed and their breed, and is not anything unique to being organic or conventional in itself.»

However, in most parts of the world, conventional dairying is associated with high levels of grain feeding, the use of cow breeds which produce high milk volumes, and the application of large amounts of fertilizer («high input» farming), while organic dairying is tied to pasture and forage feeding, lower amounts of fertilizer application, and the use of mixed or minority breeds («low input»).

At Monsanto, the practice has become so common that, in a recent paper, the firm said «molecular marker assisted breeding is becoming our conventional breeding process,» noting that many of its commercial crops are derived with the process.

Mendel clarified the situation, but conventional breeding practices today, though stirred by developments like the green revolution's hybrids, would remain roughly familiar to farmers of a century ago.

Even crops whose genes are modified and shuffled by conventional breeding can turn out to have harmful effects, such as heightened levels of naturally occurring toxic compounds.

Natural variation exists in the levels of pectate lyase gene expression in wild relatives of cultivated tomato and these can be used for conventional breeding purposes.

Understanding drought - responsive signaling and the molecular and biochemical mechanisms of drought tolerance in model plants such as Arabidopsis and rice provide new insight into how to develop drought - tolerant crop plants through conventional breeding or biotechnological approaches.»

The results, published in the academic journal Nature Biotechnology, could pave the way for new varieties of better tasting tomatoes with improved postharvest life through conventional plant breeding.

Dr Charles Baxter from Syngenta said: «This discovery has relevance for the development of new tomato varieties via conventional plant breeding and is a significant step forward in understanding processes involved in fruit development, allowing more refined control of this process in plant breeding.»

Conventional plant breeding and modern technology can increase the density of micronutrients in staple crops grown and consumed by smallholder farmers around the world.

Documentation of unexpected genetic changes that occur with conventional plant breeding.

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.

«We are in urgent need of new ways to control insect pests on crops, with very limited options available from pesticide sprays and conventional breeding.

IRRI is now free to seek plant breeders» rights, patents and all manner of IPRs on its breeding lines and varieties, whether conventional seeds, hybrids or GMOs.

Transgenesis has less impact on the transcriptome of wheat grain than conventional breeding.

«From there, we used a conventional breeding approach, not GM techniques, and managed to increase the amylose content of wheat grain from around 20 or 30 per cent to an unprecedented 85 per cent,» says CSIRO's Dr. Ahmed Regina.

On top of that, many hybrids are selectively bred to survive low levels of magnesium and most conventional fertilizers use nitrogen, potassium, and phosphorus, and do nothing to replenish magnesium levels.

The dispensers the children will be designing come from Deb's range of sealed cartridge systems, which are more hygienic than conventional «pour in» soap dispensers because they seal the outdoor environment out and prevent bacteria and germs from breeding inside the dispenser.

Many farm attractions can cover a variety of topics including diversification, animal husbandry, food production, organic vs conventional farming, selective breeding and land management and are happy to adapt visits to subjects or topic areas you are working towards.

The 2016 Subaru Forester 2.5 i won't set any speed records with its 170 horses, and while the CVT performs well for the breed, it lacks the responsiveness of a good conventional automatic.

This is a new breed of lighting on e-ink that will allow you to read in the dark, and not shine light in your eyes like conventional LCD Tablets.

Nonetheless it is quite small for a spaniel, with fully - grown Cavaliers roughly comparable in size to an adolescent of a more conventional spaniel breed.

Throughout its history, the Rhodesian Ridgeback has been a breed of dog that has somewhat defied the strict interpretation of most conventional group classification paradigms.

We pride ourselves on having spent the last 60 years cultivating a reputation of excellence for exceptional dog training services, conventional boarding, and a responsible German Shepherd breeding program.

Concluding, that the benefits from GM crops are much lower than can be obtained «with either conventional breeding or agro-ecology-based techniques» from just a tiny fraction of the investment in research.

The main conclusion to be drawn from the efforts of more than 130 research projects, covering a period of more than 25 years of research, and involving more than 500 independent research groups, is that biotechnology, and in particular GMOs, are not per se more risky than... conventional plant breeding technologies.

It turned out that it was safer and more precise than conventional breeding using mutagenesis for example; GM just moves a couple of genes, whereas conventional breeding mucks about with the entire genome in a trial and error way.

«The main conclusion to be drawn from the efforts of more than 130 research projects, covering a period of more than 25 years of research, and involving more than 500 independent research groups, is that biotechnology, and in particular GMOs, are not per se more risky than e.g. conventional plant breeding technologies.»

The studies, which covered all areas of concern, have «not shown any new risks to human health or the environment, beyond the usual uncertainties of conventional plant breeding.

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.