It won't breed big plants any more than a rat with his tail chopped off will breed tailless rats.

The reserve is important for its wintering wildfowl, though also of interest are breeding birds, dragonflies, freshwater molluscs and plants.

Beginning about ten thousand years ago, human beings began to breed plants and animals in such a way as to emphasize those characteristics they considered most valuable.

Here, in rooms decorated with painted ceilings, the Duke bred exotic plants.

Selective breeding (also called artificial selection) is the process by which humans breed other animals and plants for particular traits.

Interestingly, one of the agricultural techniques used to reduce dependence on synthetic pesticides is to breed plants with greater natural resistance.

One of the best qualities of these native plants is their immunity in many cases to diseases that often plague higher bred plants.

The Apollo Project had sixty years to breed plants and animals of Earth for life on Destiny.

To breed plants that produce large numbers of just the right seeds can require breeding through 10 or more generations.

Players take on the role of owning a greenhouse where they breed and sell plants.