Genetic engineering: An additional tool for plant improvement

Genetic Programming: An emerging engineering tool

It is now 15 years since Genetic Programming (GP) burst on the research scene in Koza’s seminal book [3], though it had been pre-figured by a number of previous explorations of similar ideas [1,7]. Koza first showed that GP could be a credible engineering tool, and subsequent volumes [4–6] and the human-competitive research competitions [2] have drawn attention to its wide range of achievements...

Genetic Engineering of Livestock Improvement

Genetic engineering of plant chloroplasts

An Engineering Approach for Continuous Improvement in Engineering Education

Claudia Zea was born in Medellin, Colombia in 1961. Graduated in 1988 as a Systems Engineer from EAFIT University with a Master’s degree in Technology in Education from the Antioquia University, awarded in 1994. She has participated in many international research projects such as the Horizon Project, RELPE, REPEAL, ALFA, CYTED and REDAL, as well as local projects envisioned towards the improvem...

Genetic Engineering for the Improvement of Forage Grass Quality

The forage quality of warm season perennial grasses grown in the Southern States, subtropics, and the tropics is often inadequate and is a major limitation to satisfactory animal performance. Quality improvement of those warm season grasses has been a high priority research objective in breeding programs. Hammond (1987) pointed out that C4 tropical and subtropical grasses generally have lower q...