Author : W. R. Fehr
Release : 1993
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Book Synopsis Principles of Cultivar Development by : W. R. Fehr
Download or read book Principles of Cultivar Development written by W. R. Fehr. This book was released on 1993. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Role of plant breeding in agriculture; Modes of reproductoin; Genetic princioles; Polyploidy; Variation in chromosome number and structure; Quantitative inheritance; Heritability; Inbreeding; Heterosis; Parent selection; Population formation by hybridization; Techniques for artificial hybridization; Interspecific hybridization; Genetic male sterility for population improvement; Genotype x environment interaction; Field-plot techniques; Mutation breeding; Mass selection in self-pollinated populations; Pedigree method; Generation testing; Types od cultivars; Development of asexually propagated cultivars; Multilines; Development of aynthetic cultivars; Development of hybrid cultivars; Hybrid seed production.