Plant Breeding is the science (data driven, objective) and art (subjective) of altering genetic variation in plants to improve yield and/or other traits via human selection.
An overview of the field program (rough draft)
Current Breeding Projects (constantly evolving):
Yellow Grain Maize for Texas
- Aflatoxin resistance
- Drought tolerance
- Nitrogen, phosphorus, and other composition efficiency traits
- Yield (general adaptation)
- Exotic introgression
- Synthetic and open pollinated populations
White Grain Maize for Texas
- Aflatoxin resistance
- Drought tolerance
- Yield
- Quality
Colored Grain Maize (Red, Blue, Purple, etc.)
- Pigment concentration / intensity
- Yield
QPM Grain Maize
- Lysine quality and composition
- Yield
- Grain quality
Perennialism ( Biomass / Grain)
- Tillering
- Non-senescence (stay-green)
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Overwintering ability
- Normal ears / grain
- Flowering time
- Yield
Biomass Zea ( Cellulosic Biofuel / Silage / Forage / Biofeedstock )
- Leaf, stem and grain yield
- Photoperiodism (flowers extremely late)
- Tillering
