PREDICTION OF HETEROTIC GROUPS AND HYBRID PERFORMANCE IN SOUTH AFRICAN SUNFLOWER (Helianthus annuus L.) GERMPLASM USING SSR ANALYSIS
Breeders would prefer to be able to predict the outcome of crosses prior to the production and testing of lines derived from them in field trials. One way to do this would be to find a correlation between the genetic distances of inbreds and relative yield obtained from the hybrids. The aim of this...
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University of the Free State
2012
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| Online Access: | http://etd.uovs.ac.za//theses/available/etd-08152012-121701/restricted/ |