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Bookmark or Share- Landrace - WikiwandA landrace is a domesticated, locally adapted, often traditional variety of a species of animal or plant that has developed over time, through adaptation to its natural and cultural environment of agriculture and pastoralism, and due to isolation from other populations of the species. Landraces are distinct from cultivars and from standard breeds.
- Landrace Definition & Meaning - Merriam-WebsterThe meaning of LANDRACE is a local variety of a species of plant or animal that has distinctive characteristics arising from development and adaptation over time to conditions of a localized geographic region and that typically displays greater genetic diversity than types subjected to formal breeding practices. How to use landrace in a sentence.
- What is a Landrace? - WorldAtlasA landrace attains a form of genetic uniformity from domestic breeding over a long period of time. A cultivar, on the other hand, results from selective breeding to achieve some desirable characteristics. For instance, rice cultivars could be classified based on the shape, texture, and smell of their grains.
- Genomic analyses of rice bean landraces reveal adaptation and ... - NatureThe rice bean landrace FF25—which has red seeds, an erect habit, and wide environmental adaptability—was selected for genome sequencing and de novo assembly of a rice bean reference genome ...
- State of ex situ conservation of landrace groups of 25 major crops - NatureBreadfruit, bananas and plantains, lentils, common beans, chickpeas, barley and bread wheat landrace groups are among the most fully represented, whereas the largest conservation gaps persist for ...
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