Sentences with phrase «yield dwarf varieties»

If we just look at the changes in grains from the invention of the modern steel mill and the high - yield dwarf varieties cultivated in the 1960s, it still doesn't completely match up with or explain the drastic rise of grain - related allergies and intolerances in the last two decades... but there is a missing link that might!

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Using conventional breeding techniques, Borlaug's crucial breakthrough was crossing stubby - stalked dwarf wheat with high - yielding varieties, resulting in a plant that was both extremely productive — when given ample fertilizer — and strong enough to hold up under the weight of large clusters of grain.

Pearce strongly criticises the «green revolution», which has dramatically increased yields in some parts of the world through planting of high - input, dwarf varieties of wheat and rice.

It was in Mexico that the high - yielding Mexican dwarf varieties were designed, bred, and developed.