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cross-breeding - Mating between members of different populations (lines, breeds, races or species). [FAO]

News archive for cross-breeding.

Cross-breeding helping chestnut trees' recovery  -  Jul 27, 2007
The Spokesman Review,AP WASHINGTON – The chestnut tree that once faced the same fate as Longfellow's village smithy is spreading again along Appalachia's strip-mined

Ifugao to put up seed banks to save native rice  -  Aug 20, 2007
INQ7.net,They would welcome modern scientific approaches, such as cross breeding of traditional and foreign varieties that can easily be propagated and marketed.

Chennai zoo acquires 76 rare birds  -  Aug 18, 2007
NewKerala.com,A cross-breeding programme for lions was abandoned last year after 21 lions died in a zoo in Chandigarh. Later, the Supreme Court capped the breeding

Foreign investors not keen on Vietnam’s agriculture  -  Aug 18, 2007
VietNamNet Bridge,...animal feed and processing agricultural products instead of developing bio-technology in agriculture, creating new plant varieties by cross-breeding.

Other “Spots of Colorâ€? . . . The Pintaloosa  -  Aug 18, 2007
Mid South Horse Review,However, wanting to create more beautifully colored and patterned horses, more breeders are turning to the cross breeding between Paint,

Logan Farms acquires rare Japanese “National Treasureâ€?  -  Aug 20, 2007
PR Leap (press release),Akaushi (pronounced ah-kah-ooh-shee) cattle have been an official breed since the 1940s, when Japanese scientists began cross-breeding their own cattle with

Chestnut tree poised for comeback  -  Aug 7, 2007
Christian Science Monitor,Cross-breeding American chestnut trees is a challenge because they do not produce fruit until their sixth year. Researchers have spent 25 years breeding

Exmoor Mules help bring fresh hope to hill farmers  -  Aug 13, 2007
FarmersWeekly,...with sheep suited to their local environment and have the breeding benefits of a first cross instead of a multi-cross breeding female," says Mr Collins.

LIVING FOSSILS, ROOTED IN ANTIQUITY  -  Aug 19, 2007
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com,...an adverse environment, for example, scientists can reach into seed banks and scour them for genes that can make plants hardier through cross-breeding.

Tasty time traveling  -  Aug 14, 2007
The Times of Trenton - NJ.com,These days the researchers are testing varieties that were highly popular in the 1940s and '50s, before cross-breeding made the tomato more durable but less

Nigeria: Niger Insurance - Combining Advantages of Size, Strength ...  -  Aug 13, 2007
AllAfrica.com,...the company while still allowing it to retain and continue with its business culture undiluted by the cross-breeding of institutional frameworks.

A breed apart  -  Aug 11, 2007
Lancaster Newspapers,The only difference, she said, is that a mutt is an accidental cross breeding, and the hybrids are bred on purpose. Ames, who said she loves all dogs and

Mad Ants are Coming and Other Links  -  Aug 18, 2007
Indy Cornrows,By Cornrows The Pacers and Pistons are cross-breeding to create Mad Ants. Actually the rival teams are both affiliates for the D-League Fort Wayne Mad Ants.

New Wheat Variety Released by Colorado State University Named ...  -  Aug 13, 2007
Grainnet,It took 10 years to develop Bill Brown, Haley said, with the first cross-breeding taking place in 1997. CSU's wheat breeding program has established itself

'It's the only living thing that looks good with ginger hair'  -  Aug 7, 2007
ic Wales,Tamworths are one of the oldest traditional breeds, and probably the purest of the lot, because they weren’t considered suitable for cross-breeding for

Groin pains: Superbad  -  Aug 16, 2007
Colorado Springs Independent,Thus begins an odyssey that plays like a cross-breeding of all-night travelogue (think Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle), end-of-school reminiscence (think

Living in the Outdoors  -  Aug 11, 2007
Roanoke Rapids Daily Herald,Through this time-consuming process, the ACF is hopeful the back-cross breeding program will produce trees that are genetically American chestnuts except

Everyday Prophets - Between Two Worlds  -  Aug 15, 2007
cdreviews.com,The genre has seen its share of cross breeding, either with New Wave, punk, disco, or hip-hop. Didn't country legend Willie Nelson record a reggae album a

More lick than bite in these fighters  -  Aug 14, 2007
Journal Times,Witek is disgusted by the back-alley cross-breeding that goes on as criminals try to create the perfect killer. Even if dog-training is mostly nurture,

Need for increased support to corp members  -  Aug 14, 2007
The Tide,First and fore-most, he had a vision for a detribalised citizenry through cultural cross-breeding. Not only that, he envisaged and enhanced educational

Promising outlook for American Chestnut trees  -  Aug 10, 2007
GoErie.com,However, after selective and successive cross-breeding, the seedlings began to have more characteristics of the American tree, yet retained the resistance

Kiko Loureiro and His Inverted Universe of Music  -  Aug 14, 2007
eJazzNews,...establishment have commented on the skilled playing -- melodically and harmonically ear-catching -- and unique musical cross breeding on this record.

The Right's "Science" Problem  -  Jul 28, 2007
Atlantic Online...repugnance at the idea of such creatures is based on "the pre-Darwinian notion that species are fixed and penalties [for cross-breeding] are severe.

Putting Mother Nature on a diet  -  Jul 26, 2007
Atlanta Journal Constitution,After spending years cross-breeding watermelon varieties to enhance sweetness, the researchers decided it was time to try going in the opposite direction.

Nigeria: Govt Refunds N200 Billion to Insurance Firms  -  Jul 24, 2007
AllAfrica.com,...insurance said last week while on a visit to Champion Newspapers Limited in Lagos that NAICOM had concluded its "cross breeding" exercise with the CBN,

Nigeria: Finally, CBN Opens Its Vault for Refunds  -  Jul 24, 2007
AllAfrica.com,Yet, Mallam Hussaini said that NAICOM has concluding its " cross breeding" exercise with the CBN pointing out that the commission can now match insurance

From bank clerk to fighting fish 'towkay'  -  Aug 10, 2007
The Brunei Times,He began by rearing a pair and via cross-breeding, has spawned more than 10000 fighting fish. The fish are sold for between RM2 and RM150 each.

Balls of Fury Gallery Updated!  -  Aug 8, 2007
IESB.NET,Cross-breeding that concept with their penchant for martial arts, the pair wrote a screenplay to rectify the fact that one of the world’s most popular

As for berries, you're in the right place at the right time  -  Aug 8, 2007
The Register-Guard,Bold, purple and proud, it's a unique contemporary variety of blackberry that was introduced in Oregon in 1956, after many years of cross-breeding.

From Bank Clerk To Fighting Fish "Towkay"  -  Aug 7, 2007
Bernama,He began by rearing a pair and via cross-breeding, this had spawned to more than 10000 fighting fish. Syed Hasanul sells the fish at between RM2 and RM150

The Brain Slug  -  Aug 7, 2007
PR-GB.com (press release),The Illuminati has research the genetic possibilities of the ideal brain slug and in spite of extensive alien-reptile-human cross breeding a true functional

Seniors find retirement a perfect time to start a hobby  -  Aug 7, 2007
Stockton Record,Henry spent a great deal of time and money over the years cross breeding his hobby horses to improve their racing qualities. The second comes from the 15th

Couple swarmed by bees stung hundreds of times  -  Aug 6, 2007
Mineral Wells Index,Africanized bees are the result of cross breeding between African honeybees and European honeybees and are often noted for their aggression.

Any street children in future?  -  Aug 5, 2007
VietNamNet Bridge,...and Rural Development organized many training courses for the villagers in areas like cross-breeding cows and sows or growing crops for a better yield.

Know Your Watermelon for Watermelon Day!  -  Aug 3, 2007
YumSugar.com,Seedless watermelons are the product of cross-breeding plants. Although they are called "seedless" they generally have soft, pale seeds.

DENTRY: Madness of brook trout not easy to shake  -  Aug 2, 2007
Rocky Mountain News,Since brookies are fall spawners and cutthroats spawn in spring, there is no chance of cross-breeding. There also is no chance the non-native brookies ever

Reform promoting aliyah  -  Aug 2, 2007
New Jersey Jewish Standard,...at home in the winter and the beauty of the city’s women — a result, he claimed, of cross-breeding among Israel’s multiple immigrant communities.

Scientists create schizophrenic mouse  -  Jul 31, 2007
InTheNews.co.uk,..."Cross-breeding of this mouse model with other genetically engineered mice or experiments involving viral infections may be proposed."

Kiko Loureiro and His Inverted Universe of Music  -  Jul 31, 2007
Top40-Charts.com,...establishment have commented on the skilled playing - melodically and harmonically ear-catching - and unique musical cross breeding on this record.

Local speaker  -  Jul 30, 2007
Bombala Times,He said the rise of cross-breeding programs meant the development of a multi-Breedplan would require wider industry participation.

Science, technology can help advance the Green Revolution  -  Jul 25, 2007
DesMoinesRegister.com,Pioneering plant breeders applied systematic cross-breeding of plants and selection of offspring with desirable traits to develop hybrid corn,

Hiroshima: the ‘White Man’s Bomb’ revisited  -  Aug 6, 2007
Spiked,...civilised cranium, and that the solution might be to encourage some cross-breeding to create a new ‘Euroindoasian’ race that could isolate the Japanese.




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