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A presentation centred on the work of Gregor Johann Mendel. Includes biographical material; Mendel’s pure-breeding pea plant; self-fertilising pea plants; the seven traits of Mendel’s pea plants;...
Considers some of the key contributors to the development of our understanding of inheritance, focusing on the work of Darwin and his theory of natural selection, Mendel’s breeding experiments and on...
Survival on a finite planet is based on food security: We are dependent on plants as the basis of all our food. The informed conservation of plant genetic resources is therefore a most vital task which...
Considers the public concerns surrounding the agricultural and food uses of genetically modified organisms. Looks at a risk-assessment procedure in which each new genetically modified crop has to be vetted...
At the Plant Breeding Institute in Cambridge, traditional methods are being used to produce new winter wheats. The stages in this time-consuming process, from the crossing of likely parental types and the...
An illustration of the technique of micropropagation as carried out in the laboratories of the Plant Sciences Department of the University of Leeds.
The history of plant breeding from the original goat grass and the first bread wheat (Emma). Explains the necessity for royalties for plant breeding.
Professor A Gemmell and Dr Land discuss ways in which man can manipulate plants. Topics covered include the benefits of cross-breeding, crossing different species, grafting, budding, the use of growth...
Shows how Mendel first elucidated the mathematical laws of inheritance. It explains how the passage of dominant and recessive characteristics from one generation to another depends on discreet particles of...
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