Optimizing the number of progenies and replications in plant breeding experiments

A determination criterion was proposed for the number of replications, r, and of evaluated progenies, Nr, given P experimentalplots, with Nr=P/r, and n progenies to be selected; its application was discussed in the selection of progenies of bulk populations,derived from two homozygous parents. For a...

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Main Author: João Luís da Silva Filho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Brazilian Society of Plant Breeding 2013-01-01
Series:Crop Breeding and Applied Biotechnology
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Online Access:http://www.sbmp.org.br/cbab/siscbab/uploads/bd534da5-337a-81ac.pdf