Smart breeding
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SMART breeding or Precision breeding refers to a genetic engineering technique of reproducing a species members together to retain desirable traits and so produce a stronger hybrid. The technique was successfully used by Nachum Kedar, an Israeli scientist, who applied the technique using beefsteak tomatoes to produce a fruit that would ripen on the vine and remain firm in transit.

Smart breeding has been advanced as an alternative to transgenics as a way to produce plants that are resistant to various environmental problems.

External links

  • Worldchanging
    Worldchanging
    Worldchanging is an American non-profit online magazine and blog about sustainability and social innovation. At 19/09/2011, it was taken over by Architecture for Humanity....

    : "Biomimicry, Smart Breeding and Prairie-Like Farms" by Alex Steffen
    Alex Steffen
    Alex Steffen is an American writer, editor, public speaker and futurist most noted for his bright green ideas.Steffen co-founded and ran the online magazine Worldchanging from its start in 2003 until its closure in 2010...

    , August 25, 2004
  • Wired News
    Wired News
    Wired News is an online technology news website, formerly known as HotWired, that split off from Wired magazine when the magazine was purchased by Condé Nast Publishing in the 1990s. Wired News was owned by Lycos not long after the split, until Condé Nast purchased Wired News on July 11, 2006...

    : "Super Organics" by Richard Manning
    Richard Manning
    Richard Manning is an award-winning environmental author and journalist, with particular interest in the history and future of the American prairie, agriculture and poverty. He writes frequently about trauma and poverty for the National Native Children's Trauma Center based at the University of...

    , May 2004
  • PLoS Biology
    PLoS Biology
    PLoS Biology is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering all aspects of biology. Publication began on October 13, 2003.It was the first journal of the Public Library of Science. All content in PLoS Biology is published under the Creative Commons "by-attribution" license...

    : Diversifying Selection in Plant Breeding; ESSAY about SMART breading by Susan McCouch, 12.10.2004
  • HortResearch
    HortResearch
    HortResearch was a Crown Research Institute of New Zealand. The focus of research in this company was mainly in the development of new fruit varieties and other food products...

    : New apple (made with SMART breading technology) packs health punch
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