date:Jun 14, 2017
ycle of breeding and trials before release that needed to be reduced to five years, according to Wim int Groen, crop coordinator with Rijk Zwaan.
The breeders focus is on producing what the market wants and the current eight year cycle needs to reduce to five years, Mr Groen said.
From the first year of seed selection to male and female line development in years four and five, commercial trials did not complete until year eight.
We need to be flexible about matching trait tables to market de