breeding technique

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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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technique
noun[C or U]
uk
/tekˈniːk/us
/tekˈniːk/
a way of doing an activity that ...
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They proposed ranching schemes, market access, improved breeding techniques, and commercialized stock farming as solutions to the 'pastoral problem'.
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They are now able to use more sophisticated breeding techniques, like pedigree selection to produce stabilized lines.
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In recent times, a number of other artificial breeding techniques have been developed, such as embryo recovery and transfer in cattle, and cloning.
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Although the technique offers greater speed and precision than age-old breeding techniques, it is not of itself different in kind.
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It can take many years and a heavy financial investment to develop a commercially successful new variety using traditional breeding techniques.
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Another method that could help to restore the populations is captive breeding techniques.
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In addition, modern livestock breeding techniques have also been adopted.
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In making his wines, he relies on traditional field breeding techniques.
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Agricultural practices, however, have long used selective breeding techniques for the same purpose as modern biotechnology.
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Hybrid cropping techniques were widely practiced from the late 1880s, and the hybrid varieties developed with cross and re-cross breeding techniques developed by university research.
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They compared the hazards associated with plants produced by cisgenesis and intragenesis with those obtained either by conventional plant breeding techniques or transgenesis.
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This variety is selected for resistance to imidazolinone herbicides and since these are bred by traditional breeding techniques are not considered as genetically modified.
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There are many classical and modern breeding techniques that can be utilized for crop improvement in organic agriculture despite the ban on genetically modified organisms.
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Cricket-farming approaches throughout the northeast are similar and breeding techniques have not changed much since the technology was introduced 15 years ago.
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His work on dominant and recessive alleles, although initially largely ignored for almost 50 years, gave plant breeders a better understanding of genetics and breeding techniques.
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Horse breeding is entirely within the agricultural sector since 2005, it is subject to rules regarding the identification, sale, selection of breeding techniques and monitoring of births.
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