Mutation breeding

Mutation breeding, sometimes referred to as "variation breeding", is the process of exposing seeds to chemicals, radiation, or enzymes in order to generate mutants with desirable traits to be bred with other cultivars. Plants created using mutagenesis are sometimes called mutagenic plants or mutagenic seeds.

International Year of Plant Health

In December 2018, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a Resolution declaring 2020 as the International Year of Plant Health (IYPH). The purpose of the IYPH was to raise global awareness on how protecting plant health can help end hunger, reduce

Cisgenesis

Cisgenesis is a product designation for a category of genetically engineered plants. A variety of classification schemes have been proposed that order genetically modified organisms based on the nature of introduced genotypical changes, rather than the

R. H. Stover

Robert Harry Stover was a Canadian-Honduran phytopathologist specializing in Musa crops and their fungal diseases

Leaf rust

Several members of the order Pucciniales are commonly called leaf rusts:Wheat leaf rust caused by Puccinia triticina Hemileia vastatrix which causes Coffee leaf rust Leaf rust (barley) or barley leaf rust or brown rust or barley brown rust... ... or its

Zeus (gene)

Zeus is a male fertility gene in Drosophila, known especially from D. melanogaster and D. simulans. Zeus arose via a retrotransposition from Caf40, a DNA-binding protein. It differs by 107 amino acid substitutions. It retains approximately 30% of Caf40's

Bluggoe

Bluggoe, Orinoco, Musa 'Orinoco', or burro is a cultivar of banana

Strobin

Strobin is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Konopnica, within Wieluń County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) south of Konopnica, 21 km (13 mi) north-east of Wieluń, and 68 km (42 mi

Soil borne pathogen

A soil borne pathogen is a disease-causing agent which lives both in soil and in a plant host, and which will tend to infect undiseased plants which are grown in that soil. Common soil borne pathogens include Fusarium, Pythium, Rhizoctonia, Phytophthora

Highbush

Highbush is an adjective for various types of berries:Highbush blueberries Highbush cranberries Smooth highbush blackberry

Pimelodella brasiliensis

Pimelodella brasiliensis is a species of three-barbeled catfish of the family Heptapteridae. It is endemic to the Paraíba do Sul river basin in Brazil, although there are unconfirmed records from elsewhere. This species reaches a total length of 18.0 cm