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 ...

Traditional breeding programs are time-consuming ... this modification of their genetic material. During this process, plant breeders must grow and evaluate each plant from each seed produced.

Humans began changing plants as soon as they domesticated and cultivated them instead of just gathering them. Humans began ...

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

Propagating most houseplants or greenery from your garden typically isn’t a difficult process. In fact ... for plants,” says ...

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 ...

Join an Industry that is in demand. Many students of Massey's Postgraduate Diploma in Science (Plant Breeding) have jobs before they graduate. When you study the Postgraduate Diploma in Science (Plant ...