Breeding disease-resistant plants

A breeding programme is underway at the University of Hawaii to produce psyllid-resistant varieties of leucaena to support agroforestry programmes in Africa. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is breeding disease resistant plant species.

1. Using biological pest control
2. Increasing resistance to disease
3. Breeding plants
4. Breeding organisms

1. Selective breeding of food plants
2. Selective breeding of fibrous plants

1. Using integrated pest management
2. Ensuring wider crop protection
3. Eliminating established crop pests

1. Studying plant diseases
2. Providing training on integrated pest management techniques
3. Preserving genetic diversity in cultivated plants

1. Uncontrolled plant diseases
2. Plant diseases
3. Limited availability of cross-breeding techniques
4. Environmental plant diseases
5. Declining breeds of cultivated plants
6. Crop vulnerability
7. Animal and plant eugenics

1. Resistance [D]
2. Resistance [C]
3. Nonresistance
4. Disease
5. Breeding