Agriculture and Food Research Initiative - Plant Biology: Plant Breeding and Education

Plant breeding provides the genetic resources and diversity needed for agricultural plant and forestry production to face challenges such as global change, increasing population size, decreasing land availability and quality, and sustainable production of bioenergy and biobased products. Whether through traditional classical approaches or a combination of classical breeding with newer biotechnology approaches such as marker-assisted selection, plant breeding can enable development of new plant and forestry varieties with desired traits, including improved pest and plant disease resistance, enhanced flavor and nutritional content, increased fecundity and productivity, enhanced environmental stress tolerance, and new, alternative uses. Education activities in plant breeding will aid in the transfer of science-based knowledge to agricultural producers by providing necessary expertise for plant breeding approaches and by training future generations of plant breeders.

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This is an integrated program. Please refer to Part III, A of the current Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Request for Applications for the complete eligibility requirements.

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