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Textbooks, references and open learning resources.
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Crop Genetics
Suza and Lamkey · Iowa State University
In the contents: 1.02: Flower Morphology and Distribution · 1.03: Controlled Hybridization- Self-incompatibility Male-sterility and Sex-inheritance · 1.04: Gene Segregation and Genetic Recombination
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Crop Improvement
Walter P. Suza & Kendall Lamkey Eds. · Iowa State University
In the contents: 1.02: Pedigree Naming Systems and Symbols · 1.03: Genetic Variation and Germplasm Usage · 1.04: Refresher on Population and Quantitative Genetics
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History and Science of Cultivated Plants
Sushma Naithani · Oregon State University
In the contents: 1.01: The Origins of Agriculture · 1.03: Colonial Agriculture · 1.04: Cataloging Classification and Deliberate Hybridizations
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Quantitative Genetics for Plant Breeding
Walter Suza and Kendall Lamkey · Iowa State University
This open textbook is intended to expose students to the application of quantitative genetic models to plant breeding populations. Specific topics include conducting and interpreting multi-environment trials, resource allocation using engineering principles, genetic modeling of quantitative traits, simulation modeling, variance, covariance and heritability, prediction, selection, and genetic gain.
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Plant Breeding Methods
Walter R. Fehr and Walter P. Suza · Iowa State University
In the contents: 1.01: Types of Cultivars and Modes of Plant Reproduction · 1.06: Novel Traits from Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology
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Principles of Cultivar Development (Fehr and Suza)
Walter R. Fehr and Walter P. Suza · Iowa State University
In the contents: 1.09: Multilines and Seed Blends · 10: Release and Distribution of Cultivars
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Crop Adaptation and Improvement for Drought-Prone Environments
Ndjido A. Kane, Daniel Foncéka, and Timothy J. Dalton · Kansas State University
In the contents: 01: Socio-Economic Analysis of Dryland Crops Production · 1.01: Production and Consumption Trends of Dryland Staples in CORAF Nations · 1.02: Assessment of Farmers Groundnut Varietal Trait Preferences and Production Constraints in the Groundnut Basin of Senegal
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Quantitative Methods for Plant Breeding
Walter Suza and Kendall Lamkey · Iowa State University
In the contents: 1.02: Distributions and Probability · 1.03: Central Limit Theorem Confidence Intervals and Hypothesis Tests · 1.07: Linear Correlation Regression and Prediction
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Cultivar Development
Walter Suza, Kendall Lamkey, and Rita H. Mumm · Iowa State University
In the contents: 1.03: New Line Development and New Line Evaluation- Single-cross Hybrid · 1.04: New Line Development and New Line Evaluation- Clonally Propagated Cultivars
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Introduction to Anthropology
OpenStax · LibreTexts
In the contents: 1.07: Cross-Cultural Comparison and Cultural Relativism · 02: Methods- Cultural and Archaeological · 2.03: Conservation and Naturalism
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BIO 5: General Botany
Teresa Friedrich Finnern · Norco College
In the contents: 1.05: Subfields and Applications in Plant Biology · 02: Plant Cells and Tissues · 3.01: Organs and Organ Systems
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ANTH 205: Cultures of the World - Perspectives on Culture
Crystal Scheib · HACC, Central Pennsylvania's Community College
In the contents: 1.03: Cultural Anthropology and the Other Subfields · 2.04: Ethnocentrism and Cultural Relativism · 3.05: Franz Boas and His Students