Smart breeding

Smart breeding

SMART breeding (SMART=Selection with Markers and Advanced Reproductive Technologies) or Precision breeding refers to an organic farming technique of reproducing a species members together to retain desirable traits and so produce a stronger hybrid. The technique was successfully used by Nachum Kedar, an Israeli scientist, who perfected the technique using beefsteak tomatoes to produce a fruit that would ripen on the vine and remain firm in transit.Fact|date=December 2007

It is believed by most smart breeders that as scientists learn more about plants, smart breeding would replace transgenics as a way to produce plants that are resistant to various environmental problems.Fact|date=April 2008

Similar selective breeding methods have been employed for centuries but smart breeding users think that it involves more precise knowledge about a species traits. This technique has been cited as a way to reduce controversial agricultural practices.Fact|date=April 2008

ee also

*Marker assisted selection

External links

* Worldchanging: [http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/001097.html "Biomimicry, Smart Breeding and Prairie-Like Farms"] by Alex Steffen, August 25, 2004
* Wired News: [http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.05/food.html "Super Organics"] by Richard Manning, May 2004
*PLoS Biology: [http://biology.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371/journal.pbio.0020347&ct=1 Diversifying Selection in Plant Breeding] ; ESSAY about SMART breading by Susan McCouch, 12.10.2004
* HortResearch: [http://www.hortresearch.co.nz/index/news/467 New apple (made with SMART breading technology) packs health punch]


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