Prediction of testcross means and variances among F3 progenies of F1 crosses from testcross means and genetic distances of their parents in maize

Theoretical and Applied Genetics

Volumn 96, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 503-512

  Melchinger, A E ^a   Gumber, R K ^a   Leipert, R B ^a   Vuylsteke, M ^b   Kuiper, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b KEYGENE N V   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

AFLP; Genetic distance; Midparent heterosis; RFLP; Testcross mean; Testcross variance; Zea mays L

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; BARTLETT TEST; EUROPE; GENETIC DISTANCE; GERMPLASM; MAIZE; MIDPARENT HETEROSIS; PLANT BREEDING; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEST CROSS;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0031980243     PISSN: 00405752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001220050767     Document Type: Article

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