Agrotermos

Preferred term

genetic improvement

Genetic improvement in agriculture refers to the process of selectively breeding crops, livestock or aquaculture farmed types with desirable traits in order to create offspring with improved characteristics. This is typically accomplished through careful selection of individuals with desirable traits and the controlled mating of those individuals to produce offspring with a higher likelihood of inheriting those traits. Traditional selective breeding is increasingly being supplemented by advanced technologies such as genomics and genetic engineering, which allows scientists to directly target or manipulate the DNA of organisms to enhance selection to create new traits or enhance existing ones.

genetic techniques

crop improvement

French

Created

2025-05-20T09:14:14

void:inDataset

http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc

Notation

11119

optimisation génétique

Portuguese

Created

1998-08-04T00:00:00Z

Last modified

2021-06-16T21:24:42Z

void:inDataset

http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc

Notation

11119

melhoramento genético

Spanish

Created

2021-11-24T15:51:18

void:inDataset

http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc

Notation

11119

Mejoramiento genético

URI

http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_11119

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