AgriGenomics

For hundreds of years, agronomists, breeders, and gardeners have used classical plant breeding methods to improve the productivity of plants. Currently, modern genomic techniques and methods provide tools to combat previously unsolved breeding programs such as increasing crop productivity and stress tolerance. Additionally, farmers around the world are using the science of genomics to accelerate and improve plant and animal breeding practices in cattle farming and other food products. Studying these plants helps farmers and scientists understand genes that contribute to growth rate, seed and fruit characteristics, and susceptibility to climate change or infectious agents.