Sentence examples for modern breeding efforts from inspiring English sources
The detection of selective loci during crop domestication contributes to modern breeding efforts and the opportunity to improve genomic selection models [ 74].
Modern breeding efforts have scarcely changed the percentage of heterozygous loci or the frequency of homozygous, single-dose, and duplex loci on a genome level, despite concerted efforts by breeders.
It could have resulted from artificial selection and modern breeding efforts (inter-specific hybridization/introgression of small seed-size desi with large seed-size kabuli) continuously practiced during the genetic improvement of desi for different seed-size characteristics particularly for a large seed-size trait, which is of a high consumer preference and trade value.
Previous studies of local adaptation in crop species have revolved around identifying genetic variability that could be useful for modern plant breeding efforts.
Plant breeding might further reduce the vulnerability of modern energy crops to climate change, but breeding efforts have just begun and their prospects are uncertain [ 53].
The Tef Improvement Project at the University of Bern in collaboration with the Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research has taken the initiative to support the conventional breeding efforts in Ethiopia using modern molecular techniques.
Thus, the applications of modern molecular and genomic tools are expected to strongly complement the breeding efforts in enhancing yield potential of mulberry [ 2].
These efforts require expertise in different disciplines and, therefore, modern breeding is being implemented more and more in multi-disciplinary teams involving breeders, physiologists and molecular biologists/geneticists.
Over the years, breeding efforts increasingly focused on improving oil yield, and the germplasm that formed the basis of the modern oilseed gene pool was eventually brought back to North America, where commercial production commenced in the mid-twentieth century.
Jiao, Y. et al. Genome-wide genetic changes during modern breeding of maize.
These findings clarify the history of European and Asian pears and have implications for breeding efforts.
