Hybrid maize breeding with doubled haploids: Comparison between selection criteria

Acta Agronomica Hungarica

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 343-350

  Longin, C F H ^a   Utz, H F ^a   Melchinger, A E ^a   Reif, J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Finite and infinite sample size; Optimum allocation; Probability; Selection gain

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846822708     PISSN: 02380161     EISSN: 15882527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/AAgr.54.2006.3.9     Document Type: Article

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