Quantitative genetics of rice. II. A comparison of the efficiency of four breeding methods

Field Crops Research

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 257-266

  Fahim, M ^a   Dhanapala, M P ^a   Senadhira, D ^b   Lawrence, M J ^c  

^a Rice Research and Development Institute Sri Lanka   (Sri Lanka)

^b INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bulk method; Pedigree and modified pedigree methods; Plant breeding; Rice; Single seed descent

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032472783     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4290(97)00090-7     Document Type: Article

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