The polyploidy and its key role in plant breeding

Planta

Volumn 243, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 281-296

  Sattler, Mariana Cansian ^a   Carvalho, Carlos Roberto ^b   Clarindo, Wellington Ronildo ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Allopolyploidy; Autopolyploidy; Heterosis; Hybrid bridge; Hybridization; Plant breeding; Gigas effect

Indexed keywords

FERTILITY; GENETICS; HETEROSIS; PLANT; PLANT BREEDING; PLANT GENOME; POLYPLOIDY; PROCEDURES;

FERTILITY; GENOME, PLANT; HYBRID VIGOR; PLANT BREEDING; PLANTS; POLYPLOIDY;

EID: 84955406431     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: 14322048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-015-2450-x     Document Type: Review

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