Definitions for "Plant breeding"
The genetic modification of crop plants, with the hopes of improving insect resistance and the nutritional content, as well as creating plants with high yield and enhanced quality.
is use of techniques involving crossing plants to produce varieties with particular characteristics (traits), which are carried in the genes of the plants and passed on to future plant generations.
The use of cross-pollination, selection, and certain other techniques involving crossing plants to produce varieties with particular desired characteristics (traits) that can be passed on to future plant generations.