landrace
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- noun
- /ˈlændˌreɪs/
- Specialized
:
raza local
- "He's a Landrace.
- local landraces
Examples
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It is a landrace farm dog that often roams as a feral animal in northeastern Portugal.
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I think that the collie's high biddability may have made the wavy-coated landrace more competitive in a trial situation, which is why it wound up replacing the curly-coated landrace.
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Actually, if one is looking for a landrace of sable "collie-type" dogs, you should investigate the English Shepherd.
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These hybrids are partially derived from local landraces.
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Then, from what the farmers describe, and probably with some of their germplasm or landraces, we start developing the desirable varieties through crosses and selection.
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Biotechnology promises to speed things up, but it is a highly controversial method, not least because it raises issues of intellectual property rights and the property rights of indigenous farmers, who may have selected landraces and wild relatives for centuries.
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I think that the collie's high biddability may have made the wavy-coated landrace more competitive in a trial situation, which is why it wound up replacing the curly-coated landrace.
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The breed is a mix of the landrace wavy-coat, the St. John's water dog, Irish setter, and the English red decoy dog, with some collie thrown in.
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A modification of the tiling array approach was done in rice for the purpose of SNP discovery in 21 diverse cultivars, germplasm lines, and landraces (McNally et al. 2006).
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Farmers often prefer traditional landraces because they are well-suited to the local climate and conditions.
How Cultivated
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Landrace comes from the two simple parts land and race, where race here means a 'local group' or 'breed' of plants or animals. So a landrace is a variety that has slowly changed to fit its land and local conditions.