Sentences with phrase «on their breeding programs»

Chris then took us to his prototype Peri-Peri chile field, where we met Riaan Breet and Marianna Smith, who were consulting on the breeding program.

«To balance out these demands on the breeding program, we have to ensure that each individual ferret passes its genes on to the next generation.»

She continues: «Such a strategic cooperation may mean that the individual zoo should focus on breeding programs for fewer endangered species, but it will provide a needed boost to the conservation work.

Too often one finds that the large commercial operations spend much less on their breeding programs, and charge far more for their puppies than that done by the independent breeder.

A good breeder will keep records on his breeding program, will be able to discuss with you the philosophy of his breeding program, and will provide you a history of his line of breeding.

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Indeed, biotech companies like Monsanto would quickly fall behind the competi.tion if they did not spend millions each year on Darwinian selective breeding programs.

Indeed, biotech companies like Monsanto would quickly fall behind the market if they did not spend millions each year on Darwinian selective breeding programs.

Culver Duck Farms prides itself on raising all - natural ducks and only the leanest ducks are selected for their breeding program.

Like fellow Bay area start - up Geltor, Perfect Day is one of a new breed of companies in the «cellular agriculture» business — using genetically engineered yeasts that have been «programmed» to produce proteins or other ingredients found in plants or animals - on an industrial scale, without raising animals, and with less impact on the environment.

«NuMex Suave Red» and «NuMex Suave Orange,» released in 2004, originated from a seed lot that was acquired by the NMSU Chile Breeding and Genetics Program from W. D. Adams, who commented on their mild nature (Votava & Bosland, 2004).

Nestlé holds training and development programs for farmers on technical topics and best practices, including cattle feeding, breeding, animal health and farm management.

Therefore, the breeding program will focus on aroma varieties.

«Through this partnership with IRRI, ACI is building on its commitment to develop a strong rice breeding program and to introduce new elite varieties in Bangladesh,» said IRRI Director General Matthew Morell.

Mrs Rinehart's private company Hancock Prospecting is focused on building an even bigger and better quality wagyu herd through breeding programs and more acquisitions.

The most sustainable result, however, was the launch of World Coffee Research's global coffee breeding program for rust resistance and climate resilience, and the establishment of a global network of trial sites to advance knowledge on coffee variety performance.

I aspire to live an authentic, fulfilling life of connection, health, and joy openly for others witness, inspire people to question mainstream principles that breed disconnection and lead to dysfunction, empower families with well researched information so they can make conscious choices, and develop programs to offer families a path on their journey to a place of thriving.

In 2011, as part of a reintroduction program, captive - bred ibises following an ultralight aircraft to their wintering grounds arranged themselves in the shape of a V. Data loggers on their backs captured every position and wing flap, yielding the most compelling experimental evidence yet that birds exploit the aerodynamics of the familiar formation to conserve energy.

«More than 2,000 threatened species rely on successful reproduction through captive breeding programs for conservation alone,» said Dr Grueber, from the University of Sydney's School of Life and Environmental Sciences and San Diego Zoo Global.

Sonoran pronghorn (left) in the captive breeding program at Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge in Arizona, on the U.S. - Mexico border.

If you see only the results of your own breeding program — never any fat, happy pigs with good conformation — it's easy to lose sight of how much their behavior has changed, especially if you're focusing exclusively on developing physical traits.

For instance, after researchers discovered a remnant population of 24 Lord Howe Island stick insects dwelling under a single bush on an island cliff face, conservationists launched a major captive - breeding program.

Under the program, a small group of carefully selected types of red wolves, considered to be pure red wolves based on their appearance and the lack of «coyote - like» traits in their offspring, were bred through mating in controlled environments.

In 1991, with only 100 field crickets remaining in a single population in West Sussex, researchers at the London Zoo embarked on the sort of captive breeding program usually reserved for higher - profile or furrier animals.

At Kumho Life and Environmental Science Lab in Kwangju, for example, 10 of its 55 workers are paid by the program and work alongside full - time employees to crystallize proteins, breed transgenic plants, and conduct studies on environmental stress signals.

The success of one of the most ambitious and contested federal science programs in years may rest on the delicate shoulders of a one - pound albino breed of rat known as Sprague Dawley.

Public breeding has been withering, however, as it has become increasingly dependent on less reliable, short - term funding sources that make it difficult to sustain a year - round breeding program.

The scientists also modeled two other scenarios for the Iberian lynx, both based on a future prospect for releasing individuals from breeding programs into wild areas.

The second one, however, focused on the copyright symbols on the photos, which pointed to forums for horse lovers, or riding and breeding associations, enabling the program to achieve a high success rate even though it had never learned what horses look like.

«I think you get into difficult water if you base your breeding program on one gene,» he says.

Dr Ton added: «Plant immunity that is controlled by a single resistance gene, on which most conventional breeding programs are based, is comparably easy to overcome by a pathogen.

Research priorities in the IRRI - China collaboration include China's national program on breeding super hybrid rice, improving the grain quality of inbred rice lines, and addressing the challenges of climate change effects in farming through climate - smart technologies.

-- 1) Improved understanding of adaptive genetic and phenotypic forest characteristics that would provide better guidance for breeding programs and management actions to maximize resilience to both direct and indirect climate impacts to forests; 2) Long - term studies to better understand effects of CO2 fertilization in Montana's forests; 3) Improved models of climate and vegetation effects on evapotranspiration and water balances throughout forested systems.

For instance, the management of captive breeding programs or the release - and - translocation of animals can be based on a much more precise understanding of specific population genetics and pedigree of individuals being bred or released.

On another front, Texas A&M's Unmanned Aerial Systems Project is providing a new perspective to help wheat farmers manage diseases and water stress, predict yield in crop - breeding programs, and measure livestock forage production.

And soon the Zabinskis are working with the local resistance to smuggle many more Jews out of the ghetto and into hiding, masking their mission by working with eminent Nazi zoologist Lutz Heck (Daniel Bruhl) on an ambitious animal - breeding program.

Similarly, MIT's Mitchel Resnick (of Scratch programming language fame) places high value on tinkering — in his book Lifelong Kindergarten, he writes, «Tinkering breeds creativity.»

Then Corvette chief engineer Zora Arkus - Duntov leveraged the racing program to improve the production Corvette, as evidenced by the development of heavy - duty and high - performance components and the introduction of the race - bred Z06 option on the 1963 Corvette Sting Ray.

The program is focused on providing MRI's and its partners» mutual clients with the ability to leverage best - of - breed solutions alongside MRI's award - winning products.

When Nolan realized that large scale rescue efforts were not the normal venue for OSN, which is a high volume spay / neuter program, she offered to contact other organizations to coordinate a rescue effort on behalf of the other breeds as well.

The geneticist there, Dr. Eldin Leighton, has used PennHIP for diagnosis / prediction and BV data on relatives (mostly siblings, ancestors, and progeny) to make great strides in reducing HD incidence far below that possible in any other breeding program.

Since pit bulls are typically targeted based on physical appearances, the lecture complemented the new research on breed labeling conducted by Dr. Julie Levy, Director of our program.

But instead of retiring Chai and Bamboo to a sanctuary, the Woodland Park Zoo elected to keep them within the American Zoo Association's Species Survival Program, which focuses on maintaining zoo populations of endangered animals through captive breeding.

With an extensive breeding program to create, breed meeting needs of British Hunter, Russell came across British White Terrier with elegant tan spots on her eyes, ears and tail.

Associate's degree programs focus on the grooming, training, breeding, and feeding of domesticated animals, and coursework includes:

The reports will consist of information about the ancestry of your dog that can help prepare a training program based on the breed history of your dog.

Based on the quality and vitality of the resulting litter, he reevaluates his breeding program and plans for the future.

Shortly after that I bought a sable female puppy named Libby that went on to be the foundation for my entire breeding program.

Their crossbred Cur was the process of a well thought out breeding program to develop a dog that could live on the reserve and help hunt Bison which was a main source of food at the time.

As a 2017 grant recipient, we are now able to fund our spay and neuter program and focus on large dog breeds.

Breeding programs focused on those dogs that were larger of bone and more powerful than traditional GSDs.