Sentences with phrase «crop breeding efforts»

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.

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.

Not exact matches

In an effort to improve his farming operation, he diligently experimented with new crops, fertilizers, crop rotation, tools, and livestock breeding.

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

Prof Inzé (VIB - Ghent University): «This study provided major insights into how plants cope with water - limiting conditions, which can direct advanced breeding and genome engineering efforts to create high - performing, drought - tolerant crop plants.

The study provided major insights into how plants cope with water - limiting conditions, which can direct advanced breeding and genome engineering efforts to create high - performing, drought - tolerant crop plants.

Cleverly named the TraitMill, it is the centerpiece of BASF's effort to breed the next generation of genetically modified crops.

«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.

A concerted U.S. effort to both breed earlier maturing varieties and develop cultural practices that would facilitate multiple cropping could substantially boost crop output.