Sentence examples for breeding programmes to maximize from inspiring English sources

Genetic distance estimates would assist breeding programmes to maximize the level of variation in their germplasm and to exploit high heterosis in hybrid varieties.

"This will allow breeding programmes to be better managed".

Understanding this could enable breeding programmes to target this trait, leading to new varieties with even lower GI values than are currently known for rice.

This case study demonstrates the feasibility of using microCT scans as a partially non-destructive method in Pinus tree breeding programmes to confirm fertilisation and determine seed viability.

However, progress with breeding programmes to develop salt-tolerant rice has been slow (Gregorio et al. [2002]; Flowers [2004]; Yamaguchi and Blumwald [2005]).

Tree breeding programmes, to ensure the best seed, are hampered by the trees' long life-cycles.

These limitations currently restrict the capacity of breeding programmes to routinely conduct genome-wide marker surveys.

The Large Heath butterfly is making a comeback thanks to a captive breeding programme to reintroduce it.

Chloroplast DNA (cpDNA) sequences are also important for conventional plant breeding programmes to characterize and hence manipulate organelle genomes by breeding.

This discovery has allowed the possibility of genetic-based selective breeding programmes to control scrapie, and such programmes are now implemented across the European Union (EU).

These days we consciously carry out sophisticated selective breeding programs to maximize crop yields or improve livestock.