Sentence examples for improving seeds from inspiring English sources

It's why we invest nearly $1 billion a year in improving seeds and have broadly licensed those inventions to many competing companies.

The program has transformed domestic agriculture by supporting irrigation, improving seeds and crop diversification, making tractors more affordable for farmers, and building feed roads, silos, and cold stores for horticultural crops.

Genetic enhancement studies for improving seed viability and seedling vigour have identified several genes that are involved in regulating seed deterioration.

The close relationship between cellulose content and seed oil content indicated that reduction of cellulose content to some extent should be beneficial for improving seed oil content.

The decrease in the cost of genomic sequencing has opened a whole slew of opportunities: improving seed breeding, finding new plant traits and understanding our soil.

Preliminary studies show the potential of nanomaterials in improving seed germination and growth, plant protection, pathogen detection, and pesticide/herbicide residue detection.

In the domestication phase, selection focused on making maize cultivatable and improving seed access.

Generating transgenic Jatropha plants with increased female and/or bisexual flower number is critical for improving seed yield.

These results would also have potential application for improving seed longevity and tolerance to severe stress in vegetative organs.

Application of exogenous cytokinin (6-benzyladenine, BA) on its inflorescence buds can significantly increase the number of female flowers, thereby improving seed yield.

Strong evidence highlighting negative genetic and demographic effects associated with population fragmentation exists, but there has been little translation of this information to improving seed sourcing guidelines.