Smart breeding

SMART breeding (Selection with Markers and Advanced Reproductive Technologies) or Precision breeding refers to a genetic engineering technique of reproducing a species members together to retain desirable traits and so produce a stronger hybrid. The technique was successfully used by Nachum Kedar, an Israeli scientist, who applied the technique using beefsteak tomatoes to produce a fruit that would ripen on the vine and remain firm in transit.

Smart breeding has been advanced as an alternative to transgenics as a way to produce plants that are resistant to various environmental problems.

External links

Worldchanging: "Biomimicry, Smart Breeding and Prairie-Like Farms" by Alex Steffen, August 25, 2004
Wired News: "Super Organics" by Richard Manning, May 2004
PLoS Biology: Diversifying Selection in Plant Breeding; ESSAY about SMART breading by Susan McCouch, 12.10.2004
HortResearch: New apple (made with SMART breading technology) packs health punch

Breeds and cultivars

Lists of breeds Lists of cultivars

Methods	Crossbreed Inbreeding Mutation breeding Outcrossing Preservation breeding Selective breeding Smart breeding Hybrid Purebred

Animal breeds	Cat Cattle Chicken Dog breeding Donkey Duck Goat Goose Guinea pig Horse breeding Pig Pigeon breeding Rabbit Sheep Turkey Water buffalo Backyard breeder Breed standard Breed type Breeding back Breeding pair Breeding program Captive breeding Designer crossbreed

Plant cultivars	Apple Banana Basil Callistemon Canna Cherimoya Citrus (hybrids) Coffee Cucumber Gazania Grape Grevillea Hop Mango Narcissus (daffodils) Nemesia Nepenthes Olives Onion Pear Pumpkin Rice Rose (breeders · cultivars) Strawberry Sweet potato Sweetcorn Tomato Venus flytrap Heirloom plant Plant breeding in Nepal Tree breeding

Selection methods and genetics	Culling Marker-assisted selection Natural selection balancing directional disruptive negative selective sweep stabilizing Selection methods in plant breeding Genotype Phenotype Dominance Codominance Epistasis Dwarfing Heterosis Outbreeding depression Inbreeding depression Recessive trait Sex linkage F1 hybrid

Other	Breed registry Breeder Germline Landrace Rare breed

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Smart breeding

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