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Breeding technologies to increase crop production in a changing world [1]

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To feed the several billion people living on this planet, the production of high-quality food must increase with reduced inputs, but this accomplishment will be particularly challenging in the face of global environmental change. Plant breeders need to focus on traits with the greatest potential to increase yield.

Publication Date: 
11/02/2010
Mark Tester [2], Peter Langridge [3]
Science [4]
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Food Security [5], Agriculture [6], Agricultural Research [7], Plant Breeding [8], Climate Change [9], Biotechnology [10], GM Crops [11]
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