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Competencia Herbicida-Substrato


Esta animación es sobre la naturaleza competitiva del glifosato.

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Herbicide Resistance: Mechanisms, Inheritance, and Molecular Genetics

This lesson will detail the biochemical mechanisms and genetics of herbicide resistance in weeds. Herbicide resistance is one of the major issues in weed science today; therefore, it is important to h

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Plant and Soil Sciences > Overview of Plant Genetic Engineering
Overview of Plant Genetic Engineering
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Step 5 : Backcross Breeding

Using the backcross breeding method.
The fifth and final part of producing a genetically engineered crop is backcross breeding. Transgenic plants are crossed with elite breeding lines using traditional plant breeding methods to combine the desired traits of elite parents and the transgene into a single line. The offspring are repeatedly crossed back to the elite line to obtain a high yielding transgenic line. The result will be a plant with a yield potential close to current hybrids that expresses the trait encoded by the new transgene.