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Assessing the progress of plant breeding programs
Author(s) -
Hmielowski Tracy
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
csa news
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2325-3584
pISSN - 1529-9163
DOI - 10.2134/csa2018.63.0902
Subject(s) - breeding program , plant breeding , cultivar , crop , population , agriculture , hardiness (plants) , biomass (ecology) , investment (military) , biology , agronomy , agroforestry , microbiology and biotechnology , ecology , political science , demography , sociology , politics , law
tion and a rapidly changing climate bring up many questions about how society will feed the world in the future. Understanding these conditions, plant breeding programs are working to increase food production with cultivars that are resilient against climate change. However, these programs are also expensive, requiring a lot of time and resources. Plant breeders and those that fund their work want to make sure that there is a return on investment.