Breeding plants
AssigneeCropDesign N.V.
InventorsWilly Dillen, Pierre Lejeune, Willem Broekaert, Frederik Leyns
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Abstract
A process for breeding plants which comprises growing plants of a species in an array of containers charged with growing medium of uniform characteristics in an environment of controlled climatic conditions with controlled supply of nutrients and feed water and changing the positions of the containers within the environment as required to ensure at least substantially uniform exposure of all plants in the containers to conditions in the environment. A process for the breeding of open pollinating plants in a greenhouse environment is also provided. A process for breeding plants which comprises identifying trait leads.
Claims13
A method for phenotyping plants under controlled climatic conditions, the method comprising:
- (a) growing plants on a growth medium of uniform characteristics and with a controlled supply of nutrients and feed water;
- (b) displacing the plants during their growing cycle;
- (c) evaluating the plants during their growing cycle;
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- (d) selecting for one or more plants having a phenotype of interest.
A method for the analysis of yield, stress tolerance, or yield and stress tolerance, the method comprising:
- (a) growing plants;
- (b) displacing the plants during their growing cycle;
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- (c) evaluating the plants during their growing cycle for yield, stress tolerance, or yield and stress tolerance parameters.
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