Open AccessPERSPECTIVES IN PASTURE PLANT BREEDING IN NEW ZEALAND
Author(s) -
P. C. Barclay
Publication year - 1959
Publication title -
proceedings of the new zealand grassland association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1179-4577
pISSN - 0369-3902
DOI - 10.33584/jnzg.1959.21.1109
Subject(s) - pasture , selection (genetic algorithm) , plant breeding , certification , government (linguistics) , geography , agroforestry , division (mathematics) , agronomy , biology , political science , mathematics , computer science , forestry , law , linguistics , philosophy , arithmetic , artificial intelligence
After about a quarter of a century of pasture plant breeding in this country it is wise to attempt some evaluation of the plant improvement studies under way at present and projected for the future. Grasslands Division, largely through the efforts of Dr L. Corkill, has released, up to the present, eight improved varieties into the Government Certification scheme. These varieties have proved themselves in most parts of New Zealand to be superior to commercial varieties of New Zealand origin and to any introductions. The question is what further problems can we hope to solve by plant improvement methods. I propose to discuss briefly three main topics: Objectives of Selection, The Raw Material of Selection, and Methods of Breeding