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BGI study results on resequencing 50 accessions of rice cast new light on molecular breeding.
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 | Scientists on the Norwich Research Park, working with colleagues in China, have developed new techniques that will aid the application of genomics to breeding the improved varieties of crop needed to ensure food security in the future. By dissecting the complicated genome of oilseed rape they have been able to produce maps of the genome that are needed for predictive breeding. ...> Full Article |
Fernando Rendo, biologist at the University of the Basque Country, has developed genetic-molecular tools, with the intention of completing the genealogical tree of certain ovine, bovine and equine breeds in the Basque Country Autonomous Community and Navarre.
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 | University of Illinois research has resulted in the development of a novel and widely applicable molecular tool that can serve as a road map for making plant breeding easier to understand. Researchers developed a unified nomenclature for male fertility restorer proteins in higher plants that can make rapid advancements in plant breeding. ...> Full Article |
By exploiting technology originally used in human genome studies, a public-private partnership program is changing the way in which commercial barley breeding is being conducted. Findings from this four-year research project are highlighted in the latest issue of Business, the quarterly highlights magazine of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council.
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Research on the subject of heterostyly is often traced back to 1877 when Charles Darwin published "The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species." Throughout the 20th and 21st centuries, researchers have continued to learn more about the function, evolution and development of heterostyly. Even after 150 years, we have a great deal to learn concerning the breeding system, and new technologies and techniques are allowing for advances in heterostyly research.
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 | University of Alberta scientists have successfully sequenced the genome of two influential bulls, one beef and one dairy, the first animals to have been fully sequenced in Canada.
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In collaboration with researchers at VIB-UGent and the University of Antwerp, scientists at the BioScience business group of Bayer CropScience AG in Gent have developed a technology that can significantly increase crop yields as well as make them more resistant to unfavorable growing conditions. It is based on selecting plants that make more efficient use of energy.
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Stakeholders from public and private sectors of the plant breeding community will share their perspectives on the current funding landscape during the symposium, "Building a Strong Financial Base for Sustaining a Healthy Plant Breeding Community." The event is part of the 2009 Annual Meetings of the American Society of Agronomy, and Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America in Pittsburgh, Pa.
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A Queensland University of Technology researcher has filmed hours of prawn "sex tapes" to find out why prawns bred in captivity did not go on to breed well.
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