Classical breeding in its most simple form involves the selective propagation of plants with desirable characteristics and the elimination or "culling" of those with less desirable characteristics.

The film explains the process of plant reproduction, covering both asexual and sexual methods. Asexual reproduction is demonstrated through simple organisms like algae, where cell division leads to ...

The solution to productive crops that cope better without fertilizer may be to cross-breed, Fujiwara says ... straw and panicles — the part of the plant in which rice grains develop — than ...

Pea plants are hermaphroditic, meaning they have both male and female sex cells and usually fertilise themselves. Mendel was able to cross-breed the plants by transferring pollen with a paintbrush.

Traditional plant breeding has produced numerous highly successful ... The breeder chooses the parents to cross, but at the genetic level, the results are unpredictable. DNA from the parents ...

Mendel had meticulously recorded the results of cross-breeding pea plants, and found a very regular statistical pattern for features like height and color. This introduced the concept of genes ...

A new camellia that made its debut at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2021, has taken 20 years to breed, and is a cross between spring and summer blooming varieties. The new hybrid plants are observed ...

The eight distinct phenotypes reflected in this ratio occur because each trait can independently express either the dominant or recessive phenotype.