Theme 17: Opportunities in Molecular Biology
Publication Date
2001
Location
Brazil
Description
Pasture plants, while producing a cost-effective source of feed for grazing ruminants, can frequently be less than optimal in meeting the animals’ nutrient requirements. Over the past half century, there has been a major effort to improve the quantity and nutritional quality of pasture plants using conventional plant breeding. Although considerable progress has been made in improving the quality and agronomic characteristics of our major pasture plants by this means, breeding can only be applied to plants capable of sexual crosses. This poses severe limitations both in terms of speed of progress and in the number of genes available for transfer (Ulyatt, 1991; Ulyatt et al., 1995).
Citation
Hancock, K. R. and Ulyatt, M. J., "Opportunities in Molecular Biology: Enhancement of the Nutritional Value of Forages" (2001). IGC Proceedings (1985-2023). 1.
(URL: https://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc/19/17/1)
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Opportunities in Molecular Biology: Enhancement of the Nutritional Value of Forages
Brazil
Pasture plants, while producing a cost-effective source of feed for grazing ruminants, can frequently be less than optimal in meeting the animals’ nutrient requirements. Over the past half century, there has been a major effort to improve the quantity and nutritional quality of pasture plants using conventional plant breeding. Although considerable progress has been made in improving the quality and agronomic characteristics of our major pasture plants by this means, breeding can only be applied to plants capable of sexual crosses. This poses severe limitations both in terms of speed of progress and in the number of genes available for transfer (Ulyatt, 1991; Ulyatt et al., 1995).
