Sentences with phrase «genetic yield potential»

With the global population rising continuously, urbanization rapidly reducing land for farming, and climate change threatening stable crop production, a significant improvement in genetic yield potential is one of the most crucial goals in rice research.

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So far, genetic improvement has allowed wheat yields to increase significantly over time, but there are challenges ahead to keep up with potential increases in temperature.»

«To really maximize their yield potential, you need to provide nitrogen fertilization,» he says, as well as improved breeding techniques and genetic strains.

We seek to have a better understanding of the genetic basis and physiological mechanisms of yield potential, from which we develop elite inbred rice lines with about 10 % higher yield potential and possess other important traits.