Plant Breeding Techniques For Crop Improvement. - E-book - ePub

The Foundations of Plant Breeding: Promoting a More Sustainable Future. The increasing demand for food, feed, and fiber has made plant breeding an essential agricultural activity. The goal is to enhance favorable qualities in plants. Breeders work to create new plant varieties by systematically modifying their genes in an effort to increase production, make them more resistant to pests and diseases, increase their nutritional value, and make them more adaptable to a wide range of environmental circumstances. Global food security and sustainable development have been greatly aided by this complex process, which has played a pivotal role in the evolution of agriculture.
A Look Back in TimeEarly farmers inadvertently picked and cultivated plants with favorable qualities, which may be traced back to the dawn of agriculture and the origins of plant breeding. The method developed into a deliberate and scientific field as people improved their knowledge of plant biology. Gregor Mendel and other trailblazing scientists established the rules of inheritance in plant breeding in the nineteenth century, marking the beginning of the discipline's formalization.