● `color{Brown}"Plant breeding"` is the `color{Violet}"purposeful manipulation"` of plant species in order to create `color{Violet}"desired plant types"` that are better suited for cultivation, give better yields and are disease resistant.
● `color{Violet}"Conventional plant breeding"` has been practiced for thousands of years, since the beginning of `color{Violet}"human civilisation"`; recorded evidence of plant breeding dates back to `color{Violet}"9,000-11,000 years"` ago.
● Many `color{Violet}"present-day crops"` are the result of `color{Violet}"domestication"` in ancient times.
● Today, all our `color{Violet}"major food crops"` are derived from `color{Violet}"domesticated varieties"`.
● `color{Brown}"Classical plant breeding"` involves crossing or `color{Violet}"hybridisation of pure lines"`, followed by `color{Violet}"artificial selection"` to produce plants with `color{Violet}"desirable traits"` of higher yield, nutrition and resistance to diseases.
● With advancements in `color{Violet}"genetics"`, `color{Violet}"molecular biology"` and `color{Violet}"tissue culture"`, plant breeding is now increasingly being carried out by using `color{Violet}"molecular genetic tools"`.
● `color{Brown}"Traits incorporated in Plants"`:
If we were to list the `color{Violet}"traits or characters"` that the breeders have tried to incorporate into crop plants, the most important to be listed would be:
`star` `color{Violet}"Increased crop yield"`
`star` `color{Violet}"Improved quality"`
`star` `color{Violet}"Increased tolerance to"` `color{Violet}"environmental stresses"` (salinity, extreme temperatures, drought)
`star` `color{Violet}"Resistance to pathogens"` (viruses, fungi and bacteria)
● `color{Brown}"Plant breeding"` is the `color{Violet}"purposeful manipulation"` of plant species in order to create `color{Violet}"desired plant types"` that are better suited for cultivation, give better yields and are disease resistant.
● `color{Violet}"Conventional plant breeding"` has been practiced for thousands of years, since the beginning of `color{Violet}"human civilisation"`; recorded evidence of plant breeding dates back to `color{Violet}"9,000-11,000 years"` ago.
● Many `color{Violet}"present-day crops"` are the result of `color{Violet}"domestication"` in ancient times.
● Today, all our `color{Violet}"major food crops"` are derived from `color{Violet}"domesticated varieties"`.
● `color{Brown}"Classical plant breeding"` involves crossing or `color{Violet}"hybridisation of pure lines"`, followed by `color{Violet}"artificial selection"` to produce plants with `color{Violet}"desirable traits"` of higher yield, nutrition and resistance to diseases.
● With advancements in `color{Violet}"genetics"`, `color{Violet}"molecular biology"` and `color{Violet}"tissue culture"`, plant breeding is now increasingly being carried out by using `color{Violet}"molecular genetic tools"`.
● `color{Brown}"Traits incorporated in Plants"`:
If we were to list the `color{Violet}"traits or characters"` that the breeders have tried to incorporate into crop plants, the most important to be listed would be:
`star` `color{Violet}"Increased crop yield"`
`star` `color{Violet}"Improved quality"`
`star` `color{Violet}"Increased tolerance to"` `color{Violet}"environmental stresses"` (salinity, extreme temperatures, drought)
`star` `color{Violet}"Resistance to pathogens"` (viruses, fungi and bacteria)