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Traditional and modern plant breeding methods with examples in rice (Oryza sativa L.).
Journal of agricultural and food chemistry - 4 Sept 2013
Breseghello Flavio, Coelho Alexandre Siqueira Guedes
Abstract excerpt
Plant breeding can be broadly defined as alterations caused in plants as a result of their use by humans, ranging from unintentional changes resulting from the advent of agriculture to the application of molecular tools for precision breeding. The vast diversity of breeding methods can be simplified into three categories: (i) plant breeding based on observed variation by selection of plants based on natural...
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