Sentence examples for breed varieties from inspiring English sources

The aim was to breed varieties of cereals that might flow freely through urban areas.

For example, it is possible to breed varieties of corn (maize) much higher in lysine than previously existing varieties.

With the changing conditions, the industry is intensifying efforts to breed varieties that are resistant to rust and heat stress while maintaining their quality.

Plant breeders have used a wide range of technologies to successfully breed varieties that perform well under the growth conditions for their target environments but they are always seeking new opportunities to enhance rates of genetic gain.

Longer term, the government should back ambitious research now under way (at the Land Institute in Kansas and a handful of other places) to "perennialize" commodity agriculture: to breed varieties of wheat, rice and other staple grains that can be grown like prairie grasses — without having to till the soil every year.

Similarly, different approaches to achieve high Fe rice may be combined to breed varieties that accumulate more Fe in the rice endosperm.

And the scientific consensus is increasingly clear: there is no convincing evidence that GMOs are any more likely to be harmful than conventionally bred varieties.

Highly bred varieties of lavender, including grosso, hidcote giant and gros blue were the most attractive to bumblebees, along with large single-flowered dahlias.

Related: Yet another study has reinforced the idea that keeping animals in confinement and feeding them antibiotics prophylactically breeds varieties of bacteria that cause disease in humans.

To create the calves, Kerkdijk and Goderie had crossed several so-called primitive cattle breeds — varieties developed hundreds, even thousands, of years ago, and therefore more likely to retain aurochs-like features.

EU red tape has blocked the introduction of all others despite the fact that many offer rich environmental and nutritional rewards compared with the growing of conventionally bred varieties.