Plant breeding | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-10-05

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00:01:16 1 History
00:02:34 2 Classical plant breeding
00:04:46 2.1 Before World War II
00:06:57 2.2 After World War II
00:10:33 3 Modern plant breeding
00:10:59 3.1 Marker assisted selection
00:12:11 3.2 Reverse breeding and doubled haploids (DH)
00:13:45 3.3 Genetic modification
00:17:14 4 Issues and concerns
00:20:56 5 Role of plant breeding in organic agriculture
00:24:04 6 Addressing global food security through plant breeding
00:24:53 6.1 Increased yield without expansion
00:25:49 6.2 Breeding for increased nutritional value
00:26:54 6.3 Breeding for tolerance
00:27:58 7 Participatory plant breeding
00:28:48 8 List of notable plant breeders
00:29:11 9 Terms related to plant breeding



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Plant breeding is the science of changing the traits of plants in order to produce desired characteristics. It has been used to improve the quality of nutrition in products for humans and animals. Plant breeding can be accomplished through many different techniques ranging from simply selecting plants with desirable characteristics for propagation, to methods that make use of knowledge of genetics and chromosomes, to more complex molecular techniques (see cultigen and cultivar). Genes in a plant are what determine what type of qualitative or quantitative traits it will have. Plant breeders strive to create a specific outcome of plants and potentially new plant varieties.Plant breeding has been practiced for thousands of years, since near the beginning of human civilization. It is practiced worldwide by individuals such as gardeners and farmers, and by professional plant breeders employed by organizations such as government institutions, universities, crop-specific industry associations or research centers.
International development agencies believe that breeding new crops is important for ensuring food security by developing new varieties that are higher yielding, disease resistant, drought tolerant or regionally adapted to different environments and growing conditions.