Download or read book Art and Science in Breeding written by Margaret Derry and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2012-01-21 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chickens are now the most scientifically engineered of livestock. How have the methods used by geneticists differed from those employed by domestic breeders over time? Art and Science in Breeding details the relationship between farm practices and agricultural genetics in poultry breeding from 1850 to 1960. Margaret E. Derry traces the history and organization of chicken breeding in North America, from craft approaches and breeding as an ‘art,’ to the conflicts that had emerged between traditional and scientific methods by the 1940s. Derry assesses links between the 'scientific' revolution of chicken farming and the development of corporate breeding as a modern, international industry. Using poultry as a case study for the wider narrative of agricultural genetics, Art and Science in Breeding adds considerable knowledge to a rapidly growing field of inquiry.

Download or read book In Breeding What it is and What it Does A Treatise of the Greatest Value to Breeders of all Kinds of Farm and Fancy Stock written by C. A. House and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2013-01-10 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume takes a detailed look at in-breeding animals, exploring what it is, what it can achieve, and common problems related to it. “In-Breeding: What it is and What it Does” contains a wealth of information that will be invaluable to farmers and breeders of farm animals. Contents Include: “A General Survey”, “A Continental Race”, “Horse Breeder Defines In-Breeding”, “Purity of Strain and Stamina”, “In-Breeding Described”, “Out-Crossing and In-Crossing”, “How to In-Breed”, “Strain: What is it?”, “Like Produces Like”, “What In-Breeding Has Done for Horses, Cattle and Sheep”, “In-Breeding Dogs”, etc. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new introduction on farming.

Download or read book Practical Experience in Breeding Rearing and Fattening the Common Kinds of Domestic Poultry With an Account of Experiments in Artificial Incubation written by Joseph NEWTON (of Ickwell.) and published by . This book was released on 1852 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Practical experience in breeding rearing and fattening the common kinds of domestic poultry with an interesting account of experiments in artificial incubation written by Joseph Newton (F.R.H.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1852 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Purdue University Agriculture Annual Report written by and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Forest Tree Breeding in Europe written by Luc E Pâques and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-05-31 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forest tree breeding has been ongoing for more than 70 years across Europe. It has successfully generated improved varieties for the major economical forest tree species. They are part of the present European forestry landscape and largely contribute to intensive wood production and other forest activities. In this book, we describe the state-of-art of breeding for the main forest tree species. We provide a comprehensive, unique and up-to-date overview of the major scientific results and breeding achievements gathered from the many programmes scattered across Europe. The book is divided into 10 chapters, each as a monograph corresponding to a species or group of species Abies spp., (Larix spp., Picea abies, Picea sitchensis, Pinus sylvestris, Pseudotsuga menziesii, and Mediterranean pines; Acer pseudoplatanus, Fraxinus excelsior, and Prunus avium). Each of them is written by a group of experts and focuses on the distribution and economical importance of the species; motivation for breeding and breeding objectives; intraspecific genetic variability, breeding populations and breeding strategy; forest reproductive material deployment including mass-propagation and, prospects and perspectives for joint research and breeding. The book is a unique and up-dated source of information for students, researchers and professionals interested in the genetics and domestication of forest tree species.

Download or read book InBreeding What It Is and What It Does written by C. A. House and published by Pierides Press. This book was released on 2006-08-01 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a most instructive and entertaining little book which describes in lucid style methods which have been applied to successful breeding of birds and animals. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Pierides Press are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. Contents Include: A General Survey - A Continental Race Horse Breeder Defines In-Breeding - Purity of Strain and Stamina - In-Breeding Described - Out-Crossing and In-Crossing - How to In-Breed - Strain: What is it? - Like Produces Like - What In-Breeding Has Done for Horses, Cattle and Sheep - In-Breeding Dogs, Poultry and Pigeons - What In-Breeding Has Done for the Fur Fancy - In-Breeding in our Canary Rooms - How Close Can One In-Breed - Conclusion

Download or read book Phenotyping for Plant Breeding written by Siva Kumar Panguluri and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-10-09 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Plant phenotyping is the thorough assessment of plant traits such as growth, development, adaptation, yield, quality, tolerance, resistance, architecture, and the basic measurement of individual quantitative parameters that form the basis for understanding of traits. Genetic approaches to understand plant growth and development have always benefitted from phenotyping techniques that are simple, rapid and measurable in units. The forward genetics approach is all about understanding the trait inheritance using the phenotypic data and in most cases it is the mutant phenotypes that formed the basis for understanding of gene functions. With rapid advancement of genotyping techniques, high throughput genotyping has become a reality at costs people never imagined to be that low, but the phenotypic methods did not receive same attention. However, without quality phenotyping data the genotyping data cannot be effectively put to use in plant improvement. Therefore efforts are underway to develop high-throughput phenotyping methods in plants to keep pace with revolutionary advancement in genotyping techniques to enhance the efficiency of crop improvement programs. Keeping this in mind, we described in this book the best phenomic tools available for trait improvement in some of the world’s most important crop plants.

Download or read book Report of the Secretary written by Michigan. State Board of Agriculture and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Impacts of International Maize Breeding Research in Developing Countries 1966 98 written by Michael L. Morris and published by CIMMYT. This book was released on 2002 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why maize is different from other crops; Investment in maize breeding research; Products of maize breeding research; Adoption of modern varieties (MVs); Economic benefits associated with MV adoption.

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