THAT breeding is an art and not a science is an opinion frequently expressed by many who are concerned with plant and animal improvement. Whatever they have meant by art in this generalization ...

A team from the University of Illinois has determined that improving a key component of soybean photosynthesis is unlikely to ...

The Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research carries out basic molecular biological research on plants. The goal of the Cologne-based scientists is to improve conventional breeding methods and ...

With NGTs, crop scientists can speed up the slow process of traditional breeding that farmers have used since the birth of agriculture in the distant past. They get results quickly by nudging ...

Applied since the 1930s to accelerate the process of developing and selecting new valuable agronomic traits, mutation breeding uses a plant’s own genetic make-up, mimicking the natural process of ...

The central work area of this Section is to assist Member States in the design and implementation of innovative and effective plant breeding programmes using radiation-induced mutation through, for ...