Plant Breeding: How Scientists Used Plant Genetics to Catapult Agriculture




A Science Story show

Summary: All life forms need to get energy from somewhere. That’s a pretty simple concept. For humans, we get our energy from food which is used by the body to carry out all of the various operations going at any given moment. Today, we’re going to learn the fascinating story of how plant breeding emerged as a science to make plants better in every way to feed the world.