Sentences with phrase «make plant breeding»
This will make plant breeding happen at a much faster clip.
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In the several centuries that we have been making detailed biological observations, and in thousands of years of selectively breeding plants and animals, we have not seen any Darwinian evolution in the lab, farm or field.
«I am delighted with our success in breeding a Golden Rice version of Bangladesh's most popular rice variety, BRRI dhan29, which we hope will make a substantial contribution to reducing vitamin A deficiency across the country,» said Dr. Alamgir Hossain, principal plant breeder at BRRI.
Only in recent years have advances in genomics — and understanding how genetics play out in whole organisms — made it realistic for crop breeders to be able to identify traits in wild plants and selectively breed them into domestic stock.
Other technological developments — chemical fertilizers, pesticides, plant breeding and so on — make essential contributions, but mechanization is still the outstanding factor.
In addition to its utility for answering basic scientific questions, Springer appreciates how genomics has made his work more relevant to other areas, such as plant breeding and physiology.
Planting refuges near Bt crops reduces the chances that two resistant insects will mate with each other, making it more likely they will breed with a susceptible mate, yielding offspring that are killed by the Bt crop.
Masatoshi Nei: I wanted to make population genetics useful and practical, so I went into plant breeding.
To help improve crop breeding strategies and overcome challenges such as making plants more tolerant of marginal lands, and stresses such as drought and low nutrient availability, researchers are focusing on understanding and promoting beneficial plant - microbe relationships.
Higher frequency of extreme weather conditions makes it more difficult not only to predict harvests but also to breed crop plants that can better cope with future climate.
The paring down of wheat's genetic diversity over generations is not easy to rebuild, but Mark Sorrells, another professor of plant breeding at Cornell, is optimistic: «It is possible to make [these] kind of broad generalizations... but it is easy to cite examples in the other direction,» he said, mentioning the durum wheat used for pasta.
«We've got lots of international partnerships, and we want it to make an impact across the global plant breeding community.»
The Commission wants environment ministers to give it money to make an inventory of collections of plant varieties and animal breeds in the Community, and for projects to catalogue and conserve diversity in each member state.
This award, made possible by the generosity of Pioneer Hi - Bred International, recognizes and encourages innovative graduate research and innovation in areas of plant biology that relate to important commodity crops.
This easy dispersal, coupled with the complexity of breeding resistant plants, make rice blast a potentially dangerous biological weapon.
The plant that we now use to make canola oil was first bred in Canada in the 1970s, and was derived from the rapeseed plant.
Under the newly proposed law, anyone who owns and breeds more than 4 female dogs which are listed for sale on the internet, over the phone, or by mail, must either obtain a license (and make themselves available to the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service) OR, they must open their doors to the public, allowing buyers to see and inspect animals before purchasing.
Do not fall into the trap set by low - quality pet food manufacturers who sell breed - specific formulas that offer low to moderate nutritional value at best — these manufacturers also tend to make use of non-nutritive fillers to bulk up their products as well as plant - based proteins to increase the protein content without actually adding more meat.
It is confirmed, this latest recall of Diamond Naturals Small Breed Adult Dog Lamb & Rice Formula dry dog food was made at the Meta, Missouri plant not the Gaston, SC plant (where all the other recalls originated).
In particular, if focuses on the following areas: reducing methane emissions from ruminant animals by modification of plant composition; reducing nitrous oxide emissions by making the use of nitrogen more efficient both in terms of going from soil to plant and in the animal; enhancing carbon sequestration through plant breeding; reducing emissions from fertiliser production.