Comparison of intra- and inter-pool crosses in faba beans (Vicia faba L.). II. Genetic effects estimated from generation means in Mediterranean and German environments

Plant Breeding

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 351-359

  Schill, B ^a   Melchinger, A E ^a   Gumber, R K ^a   Link, W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Breeding; Epistasis; Genetic resources; Germplasm pools; Recombination losses; Vicia faba

Indexed keywords

DOMINANT INHERITANCE; EPISTASIS; GENETIC CROSS; GENETIC DIVERSITY; GERMANY; GERMPLASM; HETEROSIS; INBRED LINE; PLANT BREEDING; SELFING;

PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); VICIA FABA;

EID: 0031719533     PISSN: 01799541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0523.1998.tb01953.x     Document Type: Article

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