ENCYCLOPEDIA

OF WORLD PROBLEMS

AND HUMAN POTENTIAL

Global strategies

Breeding plants

Breeding plants

Improving plants
Selectively breeding plants
Breeding improved plants

Broader

Stewarding plant populations

Promoting horticultural study

Cultivating plants

Creating genetically modified organisms

Breeding organisms

Narrower

Enriching cultivated plant's genetic diversity with wild relatives

Using mutation breeding to improve plant genetic characteristics

Using flagship species in conservation campaigns

Selective breeding of food plants

Selective breeding of fibrous plants

Exploring hybrid seed varieties

Domesticating plants

Developing plant cultivars more resistant to stress from disease

Breeding poplars

Breeding locally adapted plants

Breeding disease-resistant plants

Facilitates

Increasing crop diversity

Value

UIA organization

International Association of Breeders and Distributors of Ornamental Plant Varieties

Seeds Action Network International

Reference

Charles, Daniel: Lords of the Harvest: Biotech, Big Money, and the Future of Food

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #2: Zero Hunger

Sustainable Development Goal #17: Partnerships to achieve the Goal

Metadata

Database

Global strategies

Type

(D) Detailed strategies

Subject

Plant life » Plants
Agriculture, fisheries » Breeding
Development » Reform

Content quality

Yet to rate

Language

English

1A4N

W6778

DOCID

13367780

D7NID

196198

Editing link

Official link

https://encyclopedia.uia.org/strategy/breeding-plants

Last update

Dec 3, 2024