# Principles of Cultivar Development (Fehr and Suza)

- By: Walter R. Fehr and Walter P. Suza
- Publisher: Iowa State University
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- Licence: [CC BY-NC 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/)
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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.