Sentence examples for enable breeding from inspiring English sources

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.

Results from such studies should enable breeding programs to achieve the desired results.

We assessed whether the concept of heterotic groups, which was developed as a tool to enable breeding for grain yield [ 4], would predict heterosis levels for other traits.

26 28 Thus there is increasing pressure to develop new and novel germplasm with enhanced nutritional quality and to enable breeding programmes to use molecular markers effectively, with a clear understanding of the chemistry underlying nutritional traits.

In particular, great hopes are associated with the new approaches of using "plant-optimized microbiomes" (microbiome engineering) and establishing the genetic basis of beneficial plant-microbe interactions to enable breeding of "microbe-optimized crops".

Landraces have arisen due to the accumulation of mutations as well as differential fixation of standing variation in the teosintes prior to domestication, whereas inbred lines were selected from landraces to enable breeding for hybrid vigor (Yamasaki et al. 2005).

The use of buildings as artificial cliffs has enabled breeding expansion into lowland areas, particularly for the two tropical species, and the rock martin breeds in desert towns.

New housing has created more nest sites, and clean-air legislation has enabled breeding in the centre of major cities like London.

Rainfall events and subsequent floods can lead to outbreaks of arboviral disease, largely by enabling breeding of vector mosquitoes (Hawkes et al. 1985).

This review provides an overview of recent technological advancements that enable precision breeding to genetically improve elite cultivars of grapevine (Vitis vinifera L .. Precision breeding, previously termed "cisgenic" or "intragenic" genetic improvement, necessitates a better understanding and use of genomic resources now becoming accessible.

A better understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying the water deficit response of crops will enable targeted breeding strategies to develop robust cultivars.