genetic improvement
collocation in Englishmeaningsofgeneticandimprovement
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genetic
adjective
uk/dʒəˈnet.ɪk/us/dʒəˈnet̬.ɪk/
belonging or relating to genes (= parts of the DNA in cells) received by each animal or plant from ...
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improvement
noun[C or U]
uk/ɪmˈpruːv.mənt/us/ɪmˈpruːv.mənt/
an occasion when something gets better or when you make ...
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(Definition ofgeneticandimprovementfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofgenetic improvement
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Priority needs to be given togeneticimprovement.
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Geneticimprovementin novel traits must be allied with appropriate management systems to fully deliver potential benefits.
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Geneticimprovementof livestock growth using infinite-dimensional analysis.
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Research ongeneticimprovementand on related agronomic practices continued for the mandate crops.
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Geneticimprovementof selected vegetables for the tropics and subtropics.
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Principles underlininggeneticimprovementfor high and stable crop yield potential.
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The main advantage of selection is the relative permanence of thegeneticimprovementachieved and often the extent of change.
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The use of embryo transfer to accelerategeneticimprovementin beef cattle.
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Lack ofgeneticimprovementis therefore unlikely to explain the halt in farm yields.
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As noted above, yield increments can be attributed to, inter alia,geneticimprovementand improved crop management including practices, inputs, mechanization and disease control.
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Principles underlyinggeneticimprovementfor high and stable crop yield potential.
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However, it is the ultimate source of polygenic variation and, thus, the raw material for evolution and forgeneticimprovementof domestic plants and animals.
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Collections have been assembled and described using conventional approaches, involving agro-morphological descriptions and molecular tools, but they have been poorly utilized ingeneticimprovementprogrammes.
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They are not keen to finance directly the work ofgeneticimprovementor to buy seeds at a high cost.
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There are discussions ofgeneticimprovementprogrammes and of conservation.
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Identifying physiological processes limitinggeneticimprovementof ear fertility in wheat.
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Geneticimprovementin winter wheat yields since 1900 and associated physiological changes.
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Geneticimprovementmay have played a key role in cocoa productivity, if only by influencing the crop's disease resistance and maturation rate.
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The yield increases associated withgeneticimprovementin yield potential and adaptation to biotic and abiotic stresses are well documented.
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These includegeneticimprovementof crops and livestock, increased inputs of chemical fertilisers and pesticides, enhanced irrigation and increased area of land under cultivation.
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