Crop Genetics and Breeding

Crop breeding refers to the science of altering the traits of plants for human benefit. It can be classified into several types, including hybrid breeding, inbreeding, mutation breeding, backcrossing and gene editing. It can be used to grow superior crop varieties by utilizing biotechnological and genetic advancements. Crop genetics is a branch of genomics that investigates the complete DNA sequence of a crop including all of its chromosomes. The knowledge of DNA sequence helps to make deci...