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Plant Breeding Methods
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...
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- Material Type:
- Open (Access) Textbook
- Date Added to MERLOT:
- September 3, 2024
- Date Modified in MERLOT:
- September 3, 2024
- Authors:
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Walter R. Fehr,
Iowa State University
Walter P. Suza, Iowa State University - Submitter:
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Cathy Swift
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- College Lower Division, College Upper Division
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- English
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This work is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
