Established in 1912 as a dominion experimental station, the station began in the 1930s to concentrate on breeding new varieties of disease-resistant potatoes.

He bred new strains and varieties of plants, including fruits, flowers, and vegetables over his 70 year long career.

Over the decades many towns and regions developed characteristic fences, but seldom was there a single interpretation of any traditional fence - each type bred varieties.

Scientists also are breeding new seedless varieties, mainly by hybridizing trees with three sets of chromosomes, rather than the normal two.

Some pumpkin chuckers breed and grow special varieties of pumpkin under specialized conditions to improve the pumpkin's chances of surviving a throw.

Polyanthas Rose Popular around 1900, the polyanthas rose is still actively used in breeding new varieties of modern roses.

His general aim was to breed hardy and healthy varieties for the German climate.

He is trying to breed new varieties specially suited to the South's heavy soils and warm weather.

Strawberries: Since 1944, Driscoll's has been breeding proprietary varieties of strawberries, using only natural breeding methods.

In agriculture and animal husbandry, the Green Revolution's use of conventional hybridization increased yields by breeding "high-yielding varieties".