Plant Breeding Methods

by Walter R. Fehr and Walter P. Suza

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This text has been compiled to provide an overview of how plant breeders develop cultivars of plant species. The methods that breeders use depend directly on the type of cultivar used to produce a commercial crop. he four most common types of cultivars are (a) clonal cultivars (b) synthetic cultivars (c) pure-line cultivars and (d) hybrid cultivars. These types of cultivars will be discussed throughout the book, alongside review questions for self-study.

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Publisher
Iowa State University
Subjects
Biology, Agriculture and Horticulture
Licence
CC BY-NC 4.0, as LibreTexts states it. Non-commercial use only.
Who can read
Tweens profiles and older, judged from its title and subjects

Contents

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  1. Front Matter
  2. TitlePage
  3. InfoPage
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Licensing
  6. About the Authors
  7. About the Book
  8. 1: Chapters
  9. 1.1: Types of Cultivars and Modes of Plant Reproduction
  10. 1.2: Sources of Parental Germplasm
  11. 1.3: Population Formation by Hybridization
  12. 1.4: Techniques for Artificial Hybridization
  13. 1.5: Mutation Breeding
  14. 1.6: Novel Traits from Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology
  15. 1.7: Backcrossing
  16. 1.8: Inbreeding
  17. 1.9: Recurrent Selection
  18. Back Matter
  19. Glossary
  20. Detailed Licensing
  21. Detailed Licensing