Genomic selection of crossing partners on basis of the expected mean and variance of their derived lines.

In a line or a hybrid breeding program superior lines are selected from a breeding pool as parental lines for the next breeding cycle. From a cross of two parental lines, new lines are derived by single-seed descent (SSD) or doubled haploid (DH) technology. However, not all possible crosses between...

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Main Authors: Tanja Osthushenrich, Matthias Frisch, Eva Herzog
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5714341?pdf=render