There was an interaction between variety and cutting height for DM intake and total tract apparent digestibility of DM, crude protein, and neutral detergent fiber because of lower intake and digestibility for the diets containing either the high cut, average quality variety or low cut, higher quality variety.
The development of high yield or high quality varieties is a major goal in Pyropia breeding; however, traits related to production or quality of P. haitanensis, such as frond length (FL), frond width (FW), frond thickness (FT), fresh weight (W), and growth rates, are quantitative characteristics [ 9– 11].
Since fruit quality characteristics are acquired not only during ripening but also along fruit growth [ 18], 2 libraries covering all pivotal developmental stages were constructed from fruit pulp and peel tissues of the high quality variety, Clementine (FruitTF, and PhII-IIIVesicles1).
These usually are the most "high quality" variety.
Every rice improvement program strives to replace lower-yielding, high-quality varieties with higher-yielding versions of them.
Before IR64, C4-63 was considered one of the main high-quality varieties in the Philippines.
Its area of cultivation has declined in the past 10 years, but it has been replaced by a new generation of high-quality varieties that are mostly its progeny or relatives.
In colonial America, slaves from west Africa made many a plantation owner rich by growing a particular high-quality variety of rice.
Rice became a cash crop for plantation owners, however, with the advent of a high-quality variety of rice in 1685.
But only a limited number of varieties produce standard or higher quality wines, three varieties account for most of the raisins of commerce, only 15 to 20 varieties are grown extensively as table grapes, a single variety yields the bulk of sweet juice produced in the United States, and only a few varieties are used for canning.
