Computer simulation of a selection strategy to accommodate genotype-environment interactions in a wheat recurrent selection programme

Plant Breeding

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 17-28

  Podlich, D W ^a   Cooper, M ^a   Basford, K E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Computer simulation; Disruptive selection; G x E interactions; Target population of environments; Triticum aestivum; Weighted selection strategy

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENOTYPE; GERMPLASM; PLANT BREEDING; SIMULATION MODEL;

EID: 0032939429     PISSN: 01799541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0523.1999.118001017.x     Document Type: Article

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