breeding programme
collocation in Englishmeaningsofbreedingandprogramme
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breeding
noun[U]
uk/ˈbriː.dɪŋ/us/ˈbriː.dɪŋ/
the keeping of animals or plants in order to breed ...
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programme
noun[C]
uk/ˈprəʊ.ɡræm/us/ˈproʊ.ɡræm/
a broadcast on television ...
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(Definition ofbreedingandprogrammefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Consider a selection experiment, or a livestockbreedingprogramme, spanning several generations.
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The procedure may support genotype selection in a classicalbreedingprogramme.
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In a typicalbreedingprogramme, selections are made by plant breeders on research stations where care is taken to maintain a uniform and favourable environment.
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Limited resources are conserved whenever a phase of selection, location, generation or trait is removed from a plantbreedingprogramme.
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Identifying which crop varieties are popular with farmers and why facilitates the targeting of abreedingprogrammefor greater impact.
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The integration of social scientists and breeders was less than ideal, reducing the impact of farmer evaluations on thebreedingprogramme.
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Such a dichotomy requires a 'yes' or 'no' type of decision on defining abreedingprogramme.
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Thebreedingprogrammehad a number of unique features that were not necessarily part of a client-oriented approach.
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This, in addition, would simplify both thebreedingprogrammeand seed multiplication.
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It is far more important to select good clones as the basis of commercial plantings and to use as parents in abreedingprogramme.
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Retrospective index weights used in multiple trait selection in maizebreedingprogramme.
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It could be carried out early in abreedingprogrammebecause it requires relatively few seeds.
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They were thought to be two of the highest yielding crosses in thebreedingprogramme.
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In early generation trials, selection is undertaken by breeders in order to progress the best genotypes through thebreedingprogramme.
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Small improvements in grain density could be expected in abreedingprogrammebased on either additive or dominance effects.
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Permission for using survival data from the shuttlebreedingprogrammeis gratefully acknowledged.
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These criteria should be monitored under conditions resembling the cropping environment targeted by thebreedingprogramme.
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The appropriate choice of parents in anybreedingprogrammecannot be overemphasized.
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