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Principles of Cultivar Development (Fehr and Suza)
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.
- Author
- Walter R. Fehr and Walter P. Suza
- Publisher
- Iowa State University
- Source
- LibreTexts
- License
- CC BY-NC
- Language
- EN
- Category
- Basic Sciences
Contents· 11 sections
- 01: Chapters
- 1.01: Maximizing Genetic Gain I
- 1.02: Maximizing Genetic Gain II
- 1.03: Maximizing Genetic Gain III
- 1.04: Clonal Cultivars
- 1.05: Pure-Line Cultivars
- 1.06: Heterosis
- 1.07: Hybrid Cultivars
- 1.08: Synthetic Cultivars
- 1.09: Multilines and Seed Blends
- 10: Release and Distribution of Cultivars