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  • 61breeding — noun Syn: (good) manners, gentility, refinement, cultivation, polish, urbanity; informal class …

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  • 62breeding — breed•ing [[t]ˈbri dɪŋ[/t]] n. 1) ahb. the producing of offspring 2) ahb. the improvement of breeds of livestock, as by selective mating and hybridization 3) bot the production of new forms of plants by selection, crossing, and hybridizing 4)… …

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  • 63Ill breeding — Ill Ill ([i^]l), a. [The regular comparative and superlative are wanting, their places being supplied by worseand worst, from another root.] [OE. ill, ille, Icel. illr; akin to Sw. illa, adv., Dan. ilde, adv.] 1. Contrary to good, in a physical… …

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  • 64Horse breeding — Mares and foals Horse breeding is reproduction in horses, and particularly the human directed process of selective breeding of animals, particularly purebred horses of a given breed. Planned matings can be used to produce specifically desired… …

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  • 65Mutation breeding — Agriculture General …

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  • 66animal breeding — Introduction  controlled propagation of domestic animals in order to improve desirable qualities. Humanity has been modifying domesticated animals to better suit human needs for centuries. Selective breeding involves using knowledge from several… …

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  • 67Selection methods in plant breeding based on mode of reproduction — This article discusses Selection methods in plant breeding based on mode of reproduction. Some plants reproduce by (more or less strict) self fertilization where pollen from a plant will fertilise reproductive cells or ovules of the same plant.… …

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  • 68plant breeding — Introduction       application of genetic (genetics) principles to produce plants that are more useful to humans. This is accomplished by selecting plants found to be economically or aesthetically desirable, first by controlling the mating of… …

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  • 69Physiological and molecular wheat breeding — Plant Breeding is art and science of improving the heredity of plants for benefit of mankind. In Evolutionary concept, plant breeding is merely a continuation of the natural evolution of the crop species, changing its course of direction in the… …

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  • 70Thoroughbred breeding theories — Thoroughbred horse breeding theories run the gamut from the more common careful statistical analyses to the fanciful and the superstitious. The dream of the next legendary racehorse arising from the perfect pairing of sire and dam motivates the… …

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