Combining ability for yield and plant phenology in plantain-derived populations

Euphytica

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 151-158

  Tenkouano, A ^a   Ortiz, R ^b   Vuylsteke, D ^c  

^a IITA c/o Lambourn Ltd UK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c NONE

Author keywords

4x 2x breeding scheme; Breeding value; Crop cycling efficiency; Musa spp.; Nonallelic interactions; Parental selection

Indexed keywords

COMBINING ABILITY; DISEASE RESISTANCE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HYBRID; INTERPLOIDY CROSS; INTERSPECIFIC CROSS; PHENOLOGY; PHENOTYPING; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT YIELD; POPULATION GENETICS; TRIPLOIDY;

MUSA;

EID: 0032420294     PISSN: 00142336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018638120145     Document Type: Article

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