Sentences with phrase «other plant breeding»

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Approached more and more by other dispensaries hoping to get a leg up in quality, the folks behind Pinnacle began offering their services not only as consultants for the physical breeding of plants, but for the entire infrastructure required to begin a new cannabis business.

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.

Benbrook agreed that studies on genetically modified food show there are no new or different risks that other forms of plant breeding don't already pose, but he also said that studies indicate there is a possibility that genetically modified food may pose a higher risk.

Humans are selecting the plants to use in breeding because they have more useful variations than the other possible plants.

Marchetti retired from ARS in 2001, leaving behind not only a legacy of excellence in rice breeding and plant pathology, but also a prized collection of 1,000 rice blast specimens he isolated from Texas, Arkansas, and other rice - growing states.

I learned about planting and growing crops, breeding, genetics, and other important agricultural subjects only when I entered the Bangladesh Agricultural University to become a plant breeder.

As a rule of thumb, plant breeders in both public research institutes and private companies use genetic engineering only in the following situations: 1) the gene of interest is not found within the crop gene pool, 2) if found in the gene pool, transfer will be difficult due to incompatibility and other breeding problems or 3) the transfer of the gene will take a long time as in the case of perennial crops like coconut.

These include genes from plants and organisms unrelated to rice that could not be transferred using other breeding methods.

Using Commonwealth environmental water on the floodplain provides food, habitat and breeding opportunities for native fish, frogs, plants, waterbirds and other wildlife.

Beyond this, the unique power of GM lies in its ability to incorporate novel genes with useful traits for rice, including genes from plants and organisms unrelated to rice, into new rice varieties that can not be achieved using other breeding methods.

The company has a herd of 6000 breeding goats in Victoria and is in the process of securing planning approvals to establish a processing plant and other infrastructure to step up supply.

Each year OSA educates thousands of farmers and other agricultural community members, conducts professional organic plant breeding and seed production research, and advocates for national policies to strengthen organic seed systems.

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».

Other recent changes in agriculture include hydroponics, plant breeding, hybridization, gene manipulation, better management of soil nutrients, and improved weed control.

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.

Singh's collaborator, Randall Nelson, the research leader of the ARS soybean / maize research unit, plants seeds from Singh's most promising experiments, grows the plants and distributes their seeds to other scientists, who screen them for desirable traits and conduct their own breeding experiments.

Those approaches should include modern conventional plant - breeding methods, sustainable and organic farming, and other sophisticated farming practices that do not require farmers to pay significant up - front costs.

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.

The obstacle to the other crops being adopted is that there just hasn't been enough plant breeding done to sufficiently improve perennial wheat and sorghum and test them in farmers» fields.

Other developments in agriculture include hydroponics, plant breeding, hybridization, better management of soil nutrients, and improved weed control.

... 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.

«They have exceptional facilities and are experts in agronomics, plant breeding, and genomics, among other things,» Wu said.

Centre for Jatropha Promotion & Biodiesel (CJP) is the Global authority for scientific commercialization of Jatropha & other non-food biofuel crops and designs and implements the growing of non-food biofuel crops worldwide in a structured Agri - Supply chain, Value additions and research activities thereon & provides technology and services from «Soil to Oil» for the breeding, development, planting and harvesting of next - generation commercial biofuel crops CJP has been engaged in promoting sustainable farming for biodiesel production since last one decade and its research findings and on - hand field experiences in respect of various technical, agronomical / silvicultural aspects of plantations of Jatropha have resulted in significant improvements in knowledge and technical background related to Productivity, profitability and sustainability of commercial production of Jatropha oil crop.

There ARE breeds of dogs, as there are of other domestic animals (as there are varieties of plants).

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).

There are 140 landbird and 11 land mammal species; three amphibian and five reptile species; large colonies of nesting seabirds, breeding seals, and sea lions; and other diverse marine animals and plants.

There are 140 land birds and 11 land mammal species; three amphibian and five reptile species; a large colony of nesting sea birds, breeding seals and sea lions and other diverse marine animals and plants.

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Each year OSA educates thousands of farmers and other agricultural community members, conducts professional organic plant breeding and seed production research, and advocates for national policies to strengthen organic seed systems.

Many Green Revolution techniques could be applied to perennial crops, such as classical plant breeding to improve yield, stress tolerance, disease resistance, and other characteristics.