The Essie flock provides a compelling example of how combining traditional selective breeding with cutting-edge genetic ...

Two workers check the health of a sheep raised at the Aoqun Animal Husbandry farm in Tianjin. CHINA DAILY A sheep breeding base in Tianjin is harnessing advanced technologies to reshape livestock farm ...

As part of Regional TC Project RAS/5/044: "Integrated Approach for Improving Livestock Production Utilizing Indigenous Resources and Conserving the Environment", a training course was held on ...

Mitigation of greenhouse gases in dairy cattle via genetic selection: 2. Incorporating methane emissions into the breeding goal. Journal of Dairy Science, 2020; 103 (8): 7210 DOI: 10.3168/jds.2019 ...

Plant breeding is critical to the advancement of horticultural, especially in the Solanaceae family (including tomato, pepper, and eggplant), which relies on selecting high-performance lines for ...

By selectively breeding for this trait, colonies can be produced that automatically protect themselves from infestation, while maintaining large colony sizes and ample honey production.

The breeding biology and cone size selection of crossbills was studied mainly during 1995 to 2002 at Abernethy Forest, Scotland, an ancient native Scots pine Pinus sylvestris wood, where only a single ...

SYDNEY, June 9 (Xinhua) -- Selectively breeding corals can significantly boost their heat tolerance, offering a short-term lifeline for the world's endangered reef systems as ocean temperatures ...