perennial grain
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perennial
adjective
uk/pəˈren.i.əl/us/pəˈren.i.əl/
lasting a very long time, or happening repeatedly or all ...
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grain
noun
uk/ɡreɪn/us/ɡreɪn/
a seed or seeds from a plant, especially a plant like a grass such as rice ...
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A growing number of agricultural scientists seek a way out of this situation through development ofperennialgraincropping systems.
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Rather,perennialgrainbreeders are pursuing two parallel strategies: domesticating promising wild perennials and hybridizing annual crops with perennial relatives.
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All recognize that high seed yields are a basic requirement for successful widespread adoption ofperennialgraincrops.
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Although strategies have been developed2, plant breeders, working with other scientists, now need to establish and expandperennialgrainbreeding programs.
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Perennialgrainplants should be selected to expend less energy on competition and more on seed production.
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This paper reviews current knowledge relevant to management of diseases in aperennialgraincropping system, with emphasis on genetic resistance, host diversity, and burning.
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For maximum benefit,perennialgrainprograms must be expanded and initiated in the immediate future.
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Therefore, we fully expect seed yield and longevity to be negatively correlated inperennialgrainpopulations.
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Indeed, severalperennialgrainbreeding programs have been initiated and are progressing well.
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This means that mixtures could have a greater effect on some diseases inperennialgrainsystems than in annual systems.
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Ecology and breeding ofperennialgraincrops linkages between genes conferring perenniality and genes that limit yield are difficult or impossible to break.
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The abundant seed yield of some wild herbaceous perennials lends support to the feasibility ofperennialgrainbreeding.
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Meeting the challenge of disease management inperennialgraincropping systems.
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Conversely, public plant breeders traditionally focus on the immediate needs of farmers, and allocate few resources to the longerterm project of breedingperennialgraincrops.
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Concerns over the time required to achieve high-yieldingperennialgraincrops are, for some, the larger issue.
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The greater risk is not that we attempt and fail at developingperennialgraincrops but that we do not try.
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This paper provides a framework in which to consider these principles and describes their application in current efforts to breed severalperennialgraincrops.
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It is clear thatperennialgrainproduction will present challenges for disease management.
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If the species can be hybridized with a related domestic annual, interspecific crossing may speedperennialgraindevelopment.
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With time and combined efforts towards the right objectives,perennialgraincrops could find a place in our food production systems.
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