Sentence examples for the breeding objectives from inspiring English sources

As P. radiata is grown on a large number of site types and has such a wide variety of uses, it has been a challenge to keep the breeding objectives down to only a few traits (Shelbourne [1997]).

These elite varieties represent the breeding objectives at different historical breeding stages in China.

To meet the breeding objectives, "superior alleles" are accumulated in the elite parent for long-term selection.

The breeding objectives in Pietrain (sire line) are distinct from those in the Landrace and Large White (dam lines) which are more similar.

Later, an ideal plant type that has less panicle numbers and more spikelet per panicle was raised, and the breeding objectives of higher grain yields required high biomass that was due to later heading date and higher plant height.

For instance, a representative elite variety of GL that met the breeding objectives of more panicle and less grain number per panicle had been developed in the 1970s in China.

Our results offer hope for the effective implementation of genomic selection schemes in situations where the number of breeds is large, the sample size within any single breed is small and the breeding objective includes many phenotypes.

The optimal size of the nucleus was determined by the breeding objective.

Pre-selection improves genetic gain in the breeding objective traits correlated with the pre-selection criteria, and it can also reduce management costs of a program.

The desired gains in the various traits were calculated based on the producers' preferences for traits and were used to weigh traits in the breeding objective using selection-index methodology.

If the breeding objective is the development of inbred lines or cultivars as often the case in self-pollinated crops, the prediction may be useful.