The genetic modification of crop plants, with the hopes of improving insect resistance and the nutritional content, as well as creating plants with high yield and enhanced quality.

is use of techniques involving crossing plants to produce varieties with particular characteristics (traits), which are carried in the genes of the plants and passed on to future plant generations.

The use of cross-pollination, selection, and certain other techniques involving crossing plants to produce varieties with particular desired characteristics (traits) that can be passed on to future plant generations.

The process of working with a plant species to create desired characteristics for specific purposes in successive generations. This process involves either controlled pollination, genetic engineering, or both, followed by artificial selection of progeny.

The application of genetic analysis to the development of plant lines better suited for human purposes.

Plant breeding is the purposeful manipulation of plant species in order to create desired genotypes and phenotypes for specific purposes. This manipulation involves either controlled pollination, genetic engineering, or both, followed by artificial selection of progeny. Plant breeding often, but not always, leads to plant domestication.