Family number in common bean selection

The objective of the present study was to determine the number of families necessary for selection in a segregant population. Nine segregant populations from the bean improvement program of the Federal University of Lavras were evaluated. The number of families varied from 169 to 295, and the averag...

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Main Authors: Wilton Duarte Ferreira, Magno Antonio Patto Ramalho, Daniel Furtado Ferreira, Moacil Alves de Souza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Genética 2000-06-01
Series:Genetics and Molecular Biology
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572000000200028