Its use will reduce the need for pesticide application, offering cost savings for farmers and consumers and benefits for the environment. More Plant Tissues Regenerated. Basic studies in plant genetics and plant growth and development have led to the ability of industry to regenerate transformed plant tissues. This has enabled industry to develop transgenic plants containing agronomically important genes. Wheat Take-all Disease Diminished.
Wheat take-all disease can significantly diminish crop yields.
This has allowed commercial development of technology to control the disease, enabling wheat farmers to produce high yields in an environmentally friendly manner. Maps Developed for Cattle, Sheep, and Swine. Scientists in Nebraska have developed genetic linkage maps for cattle, pigs, and sheep. These high resolution maps have the marker density needed to identify locations on the chromosomes containing DNA affecting performance in livestock. These comprehensive genetic linkage maps are housed in a database available on the Internet.