Plant Breeding Techniques. An assessment for organic farming

Summary

The dossier describes traditional, modern and nearly practice-ready techniques for plant breeding along with assessments of their suitability for organic farming. The overview of techniques is complemented by a position paper from an expert workshop on ecological plant breeding according to organic farming criteria.
The dossier provides decision makers and practitioners of organic farming with the requisite information and criteria for an objective and transparent assessment of plant breeding methods.