Sentences with phrase «developed by plant breeders»

This would be achieved by harvesting existing perennial plants at intervals of several years and replacing them with much more productive varieties developed by plant breeders.

Not exact matches

With twice the flavor and nutrients at half the size, this new squash variety, developed by Cornell plant breeder Michael Mazourek with help from Barber himself, is not only adorable, it's the future of produce.

With multiyear field studies, Xue identified plant traits related to drought tolerance, which can be used by breeders to develop drought - tolerant wheat cultivars and geneticists to screen molecular markers and speed the breeding process.

The sorghum was developed at the Clemson Pee Dee Research and Education Center in Florence by Advanced Plant Technology program leader and plant breeder Stephen KresoPlant Technology program leader and plant breeder Stephen Kresoplant breeder Stephen Kresovich.

The Land Institute's work, led by a team of plant breeders and ecologists in multiple partnerships worldwide, is focused on developing perennial grains, pulses and oilseed bearing plants to be grown in ecologically intensified, diverse crop mixtures known as perennial polycultures.

By studying the carbon isotope compositions of barley plants and their relationship with water - use efficiency, the researchers developed tools that plant breeders can use to improve selection efficiency for more water - efficient varieties.

With 9 billion people to feed by 2050 and with crops facing increased stress from rising temperatures and drought, plant breeders must marshal all of the available crop diversity to continuously develop new varieties of wheat, maize, rice, and other foods.

But it is the network of 1,700 workhorse gene banks worldwide, including Vavilov's Institute and ICARDA, that actually maintain the flow of seeds used by plant breeders to develop new crop varieties.