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Download PDF While the problems facing growers may make it tempting to reach for the gin, plant breeders are finding that GINs are actually providing the answers. CPM takes the top off VeGIN and gets a taster of what’s inside. Being involved also helps us to keep our finger on the pre-breeding research pulse. By Lucy de la Pasture Nature never stands still. As well as pathogen evolution, keeping up with changing weather patterns and the pest and disease pressures that result is no easy task for plant breeders, particularly as finding genetic solutions to introgress into conventional breeding programmes isn’t a speedy process. Behind the scenes, academia performs many of the painstaking pre-breeding processes that underpin the commercial traits eventually brought to market by commercial plant breeders, but both need to be aligned for maximum benefit to the industry. Recognising this, Defra supports a major, long-term research platform for the genetic improvement of arable crops and fresh produce. The ‘Genetic Improvement Networks (GINs)’ bridge a gap by bringing together industry and academics to drive forward R&D on genetics while also focusing on longer-term issues, such as resource efficiency, sustainability and resilience, which complement and augment commercial breeding programmes, explains…
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Download PDF While the problems facing growers may make it tempting to reach for the gin, plant breeders are finding that GINs are actually providing the answers. CPM takes the top off VeGIN and gets a taster of what’s inside. Being involved also helps us to keep our finger on the pre-breeding research pulse. By Lucy de la Pasture Nature never stands still. As well as pathogen evolution, keeping up with changing weather patterns and the pest and disease pressures that result is no easy task for plant breeders, particularly as finding genetic solutions to introgress into conventional breeding programmes isn’t a speedy process. Behind the scenes, academia performs many of the painstaking pre-breeding processes that underpin the commercial traits eventually brought to market by commercial plant breeders, but both need to be aligned for maximum benefit to the industry. Recognising this, Defra supports a major, long-term research platform for the genetic improvement of arable crops and fresh produce. The ‘Genetic Improvement Networks (GINs)’ bridge a gap by bringing together industry and academics to drive forward R&D on genetics while also focusing on longer-term issues, such as resource efficiency, sustainability and resilience, which complement and augment commercial breeding programmes, explains…
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