Principles of Cultivar Development (Fehr and Suza)

by Walter R. Fehr and Walter P. Suza

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Principles of Cultivar Development is intended to help you learn how to be a successful manager of a cultivar development program. In this text, you will apply the principles learned in Plant Breeding Methods to design a breeding program that makes effective use of available resources and alternative breeding strategies. By the end of this volume, readers will be able to describe the process for developing clonal, pure-line, hybrid, and synthetic cultivars.

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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. Preface
  7. About the Authors
  8. 1: Chapters
  9. 1: Maximizing Genetic Gain I
  10. 2: Maximizing Genetic Gain II
  11. 3: Maximizing Genetic Gain III
  12. 4: Clonal Cultivars
  13. 5: Pure-Line Cultivars
  14. 6: Heterosis
  15. 7: Hybrid Cultivars
  16. 8: Synthetic Cultivars
  17. 9: Multilines and Seed Blends
  18. 10: Release and Distribution of Cultivars
  19. Back Matter
  20. Index
  21. Glossary
  22. Detailed Licensing
  23. Detailed Licensing