Sentences with phrase «in plant breeding»

Research in plant breeding needs to continue in order to improve the quantity and quality of oils being produced.

Fortunately, recent breakthroughs in plant breeding have helped us develop rice varieties that can tolerate and even thrive under these tough conditions.

It aims to use recent advances in plant breeding to make the country's rice breeding program more efficient.

Although this discovery is a result of basic research, it opens up new avenues in plant breeding.

Now we also have much better tools in plant breeding.

Dr. Dave West holds a Ph.D. in Plant Breeding from the University of Minnesota and has spent 18 years as a commercial corn breeder.

«Dr. Rooney has long been such a pre-eminent scientist, being recognized around the world for his pioneering work in plant breeding and genetics,» Sams said.

The monk and botanist, Gregor Mendel used peas in his plant breeding experiments.

The monk and botanist, Gregor Mendel used peas in his plant breeding experiments.

(2015) First EUCARPIA Workshop on Implementing Plant - Microbe Interaction in Plant Breeding..

PhD in Quantitative Genetics, Breeding or related field, preferably with experience in plant breeding

It also has applications in plant breeding by increasing the precision of markers for traits such as malting quality or stem rust.

Britain risks losing its considerable lead in the plant breeding technology of the future unless it increases its spending, according to plant geneticists.

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.»

He previously worked as a wheat geneticist and specializes in plant breeding.

They may be hoping to keep to traditional paths in plant breeding, but they are up - to - the - minute with their own Facebook page!

At Clif Bar, the company is tackling the yield gap by investing in plant breeding, contributing to an agriculture fund that helps provide technical assistance to educate growers and investing in infrastructure that will help reduce the distance that organic producers must transport their crops from the farm gate to the aggregator or processor, which is a significantly longer distance than for most conventional producers, Dillion said.

The space isn't only confined to pharma either, as science company DuPont also formed alliances with Lithuania's Vilnius University and Caribou Biosciences, with a specific interest in plant breeding and agricultural applications.

Funding for the research was provided mainly by the United Soybean Board and partially by the Partnership for Research and Education in Plant Breeding and Genetics program of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Ag Alumni Seed, AgReliant Genetics, Beck's Hybrids, ConAgraFoods, Dow AgroSciences, Indiana Crop Improvement Association and Pioneer Hi - Bred International.

Access for students and researchers in plant breeding to test new wheat breeding lines with world - wide collection of rust races, facilitating the development of new rust resistant wheats.

... this new technology to train researchers in remote sensing to capture information, identify improvements for genotypes of rice or other crops, and reduce the cost and time frames of the research processes involved in plant breeding.

The grant's co-PIs include: Carmen Catala, a senior research associate at BTI; Zhangjun Fei, a USDA - ARS scientist, and adjunct associate professor in the Plant Pathology and Plant - Microbe Biology section in the School of Integrative Plant Science (SIPS); and James Giovanni, also a USDA - ARS scientist and adjunct professor in the Plant Breeding and Genetics section, SIPS.

His first year of collaboration in plant breeding was a turning point for rice improvement in Thailand.

She received a BS in Molecular Biology from Novosibirsk State University in Russia and a MS and PhD in Plant Breeding / Molecular Genetics from the University of Minnesota.

But, the wealth of genes in our seed banks are «not used to their full potential in plant breeding,» according to McCouch.

In combination with revolutions in plant breeding and genetics, these developments formed the foundation for the Green Revolution, rapidly increasing world food production.

He holds a Ph.D. in plant breeding and genetics in from North Carolina State University.

Texas A&M and Monsanto created the chair in honor of Dr. Norman Borlaug, who won the 1970 Nobel Peace Prize for his work in plant breeding.

Proceedings of First EUCARPIA Workshop on Implementing Plant - Microbe Interaction in Plant Breeding, Technische Universität München, Freising Weihenstephan, 25th June 26th June 2015.

The project is part of the USDA's focus on supporting research in plant breeding, genetics, and genomics to improve crops, identify and address threats from pests and diseases, and, create new technologies and tools for plant breeders.

The U.S. native, who is retiring in December, is a plant pathologist with extensive knowledge and experience in plant breeding, forest ecology, and soil science.

The European Academies Science Advisory Council concurred, stating there «is no validated evidence that GM crops have greater adverse impact on health and the environment than any other technology used in plant breeding».

Kantar completed his Ph.D. in plant breeding and genetics from the University of Minnesota

Nothing has been seen like it in plant breeding before or since.

Claire recently completed her Ph.D. in Plant Breeding and Plant Genetics at the University of Wisconsin - Madison.