a white very long-bodied lop-eared breed of pork pig
2.
a breed of Finnish sheep known for multiple births
3. botany
an ancient or primitive cultivated variety of a crop plant
Word origin
from Danish, literally: land race
Examples of 'landrace' in a sentence
landrace
This landrace could be recommended for commercial release after complementary experiments.
Naser SABAGHNIA, H.A. ASADI-GHARNEH, Mohsen JANMOHAMMADI 2015, 'Genetic diversity of spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.) landraces collected in Iran usingsome morphological traits', Acta Agriculturae Slovenicahttp://ojs.aas.bf.uni-lj.si/index.php/AAS/article/view/71. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Twenty landrace sows, 45 days after partum were divided into four groups, five sows each.
Tree May Thiessen Outang, Wilmientje Marlene Nalley, Thomas Mata Hine 2017, 'Pemanfaatan Ekstrak Hipofisis Sapi untuk Memperbaiki Performans Reproduksi Induk BabiPost Partum (UTILIZATION OF CATTLE HYPOPHYSIS EXTRACT TO IMPROVE REPRODUCTIVE OF POSTPARTUM SOWS)', Jurnal Veterinerhttps://ojs.unud.ac.id/index.php/jvet/article/view/33730. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Elevation of landrace origin affected the transcriptome profiles.
Matthew A. Kost, Hugo R. Perales, Saranga Wijeratne, Asela J. Wijeratne, Eric Stockinger,Kristin L. Mercer 2017, 'Differentiated transcriptional signatures in the maize landraces of Chiapas, Mexico',BMC Genomicshttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12864-017-4005-y. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The results showed little genetic diversity between the lines and the landrace.
Sahar Ansari, Mahmood Solouki, Baratali Fakheri, Bahman Fazeli-Nasab, Nafiseh Mahdinezhad 2018, 'Assesment of molecular diversity of internal transcribed spacer region in some linesand landrace of Persian clover (Trifolium resupinatum L.)', Potravinarstvohttp://www.potravinarstvo.com/journal1/index.php/potravinarstvo/article/view/960. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
A procedure was established to coat a landrace of red maize using gelatinized maize starch.
Juan Estrada-Urbina, Alejandro Cruz-Alonso, Martha Santander-González, Abraham Méndez-Albores,Alma Vázquez-Durán 2018, 'Nanoscale Zinc Oxide Particles for Improving the Physiological and Sanitary Qualityof a Mexican Landrace of Red Maize', Nanomaterialshttp://www.mdpi.com/2079-4991/8/4/247. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
We found no evidence of rapid overall decline in landrace diversity for this period.
Hugo Perales, Duncan Golicher 2014, 'Mapping the diversity of maize races in Mexico.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4259470?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
For comparative purposes, the landrace harvests of two growing locations were analysed.
Angela Rosa Piergiovanni, Lucia Lioi, Vincenzo Montesano, Giulio Sarli 2017, 'Comparative evaluation of phosphorus accumulation and partitioning in seeds of commonbean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)', Italian Journal of Agronomyhttps://www.agronomy.it/index.php/agro/article/view/849. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
High elevation and farmers' distance from cities were the most important factors fostering on-farm hulless barley landrace diversity.
Bo Liu, Guanghui Ma, Rainer W. Bussmann, Keyu Bai, Jianqin Li, Wujisiguleng Cao, ChunlinLong 2019, 'Determining factors for the diversity of hulless barley agroecosystem in the himalayaregion—A case study from Northwest Yunnan, China', Global Ecology and Conservationhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2351989418303664. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
These results highlight how the cultivation of a landrace outside of its traditional area will appreciably affect harvest quality.
Angela Rosa Piergiovanni, Lucia Lioi, Vincenzo Montesano, Giulio Sarli 2017, 'Comparative evaluation of phosphorus accumulation and partitioning in seeds of commonbean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)', Italian Journal of Agronomyhttps://www.agronomy.it/index.php/agro/article/view/849. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Although clearly more productive, the new ‘calçot' varieties maintain the chemical composition and sensory value of the landrace.
Silvia Sans, Silvia Sans, Joan Casals, Joan Casals, Joan Simó, Joan Simó 2018, 'Improving the Commercial Value of the ‘Calçot' (Allium cepa L.) Landrace: Influenceof Genetic and Environmental Factors in Chemical Composition and Sensory Attributes',Frontiers in Plant Sciencehttps://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpls.2018.01465/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)