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The centrality of seed: Building agricultural resilience through plant breeding

This short article introduces the concepts of participatory plant breeding (PPB) and evolutionary plant breeding (EPB) and includes a case study of PPB of tomatoes for organic farming.
ThemeTechnical Resources
SubjectPlant breeding techniques and approaches
PublisherIndependent Science News
Publication year2016
RegionsGlobal; Europe
LanguagesEnglish
Resource typePublications
Resource linkhttps://www.independentsciencenews.org/un-sustainable-farming/the-centrality-of-seed-building-agricultural-resilience-through-plant-breeding/
KeywordsPlant breeding; Best practices approaches and techniques; Seed management
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