New breeding techniques provide opportunities for more sustainable agriculture
Thursday, April 28, 2016 - 08:50
in Biology & Nature
Products from new breeding techniques provide major opportunities for making agriculture more sustainable. This makes them a useful addition to common breeding practice, especially for crops where the desired variety improvements are currently very time-consuming, such as potatoes and apples. These findings are contained in a literature review by Wageningen UR published in the renowned magazine Trends in Plant Science.