Recursos Etiquetado: Plant Breeding

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  1. ‘Caro Rich’ Tomato Seed for Increased Vitamin A

    20/7/2011 In her book, Breed Your Own Vegetable Varieties (reviewed in EDN 87), Carol Deppe mentions an open-pollinated, orange-fleshed tomato variety called ‘Caro Rich.’ The book states that ‘Caro Rich’ is second only to carrot as a source of beta-carotene (Vitamin A). It is an indeterminate variety, so...
    Plant Breeding Hybrid Vegetables Tomatoes

  2. Introduction of Maize Hybrids to Areas Currently Using Open-Pollinated Varieties

    19/7/1999 In Honduras, after Hurricane Mitch, several NGO's working with small farmers were concerned that cross-pollination occurring between the hybrid maize variety and existing open-pollinated varieties would reduce yields of both traditional varieties and the new, improved open-pollinated varieties in...
    Maize Plant Breeding

  3. New Disease-Resistant Banana Hybrids Available

    19/2/1998 Dr. Phil Rowe, with the Honduran Foundation for Agricultural Research (FHIA), has developed two robust hybrid bananas that are resistant to Black Sigatoka. These new hybrids are also resistant to Panama disease and tolerant of nematodes.
    Plant Breeding Fruit Trees Banana Plant Disease

  4. ‘Uberlandia’ Carrot

    20/1/2002 Several years ago (in EDN Issue 43, December 1993), we wrote that seed was available for a carrot that will set seed in the tropics (normally carrots only produce seed in temperate climates with a cold winter). Dr. Warwick Kerr sent us the original ‘Uberlandia’ carrot seed from Brazil nearly ten...
    Vegetables Root Crops Plant Breeding Carrot Seed Saving

  5. Rice Genome Mapped

    20/10/2001 In late January of this year [2001], two private companies announced that they have mapped the entire genome (i.e. all of the genes) of the rice variety ‘NIPPON barre.’
    Plant Breeding Plant Genetics Rice

  6. Especialmente para el Africa Sub-Sahariana: Pruebas Varietales de Maíz Madre y Bebé

    20/7/2003 Las pruebas de las nuevas variedades se efectúan en comunidades a través de lo que ha sido denominado como Pruebas Madre y Bebé. Si usted se encuentra realizando trabajos para el desarrollo agrícola en Africa, entonces querrá leer acerca -y talvez involucrarse en- un emocionante programa que...
    Maize Plant Breeding Participatory Methods West Africa East Africa

  7. Hybrid Maize Revisited

    20/7/2005 Over the years ECHO has been asked to give advice concerning whether or not to use hybrid seed. We carry very few hybrid varieties in our seed bank because we expect people who receive seed to multiply it locally. Now some new information about this old question, specifically about maize, has...
    Maize Plant Breeding Rural Development Hybrid

  8. Principles of plant breeding

    As ancient as agriculture itself, plant breeding is one of civilization's oldest activities. Today, world food production is more dependent than ever on the successful cultivation of only a handful of major crops, while continuing advances in agriculture rely on successfully breeding new...
    Plant Breeding

  9. Plants of Economic Importance in Haiti

    This book was inspired by the frustration I felt when I tried to find current information about Haiti. It is the result of countless hours of research, numerous reviews by experts on Haitian flora, and numerous interviews with Haitiens. However, it is far from complete, and it probably contains...
    Haiti Economic Development Plant Propagation plants Plant Breeding

  10. Introduction to plant breeding

    19/1/1977 This book is designed as a text to be used in an introductory course in plant breeding for advanced undergraduate students. Every attempt has been made to relate plant breeding to underlying genetic principles.
    Plant Breeding