Plant Breeding and Molecular Breeding
Plant breeding is simply carrying out alteration and manipulation in genetic constitution of a plant to develop a desired characteristic in a plant in order to enhance its competency. A plant can be made resistance to drastic environmental stresses or to infectious agent. It has always been an arena of extensive research as to maintain food sustainability for increasing population. Plant breeders across the globe have developed various hybrid and new varieties of plant.
- Methods of plant breeding
- Molecular plant breeding
- Applications of plant breeding