Cultivar Development

This open textbook places emphasis on the design of a process pipeline for continuous development of new improved cultivars as a means to implement the cycle of crop improvement. Essential topics in New Line Development and New Line Evaluation are addressed, such as choice of parents, creation of pr...

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Main Author: Mumm, Rita H. (Author)
Other Authors: Suza, Walter (Editor), Lamkey, Kendall (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Ames, IA Iowa State University Digital Press 2023.
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505 0 |a About the PBEA Series -- Chapter 1: Plant Breeders Rise to the Challenge of Feeding the World -- Chapter 2: The Process of Cultivar Development: Pure Line Variety -- Chapter 3: New Line Development and New Line Evaluation: Single-cross Hybrid -- Chapter 4: New Line Development and New Line Evaluation: Clonally Propagated Cultivars -- Chapter 5: Value-added Trait Integration -- Chapter 6: Optimization of Product Pipeline -- Chapter 7: Launching Improved Cultivars -- Contributors -- Applied Learning Activities 
520 0 |a This open textbook places emphasis on the design of a process pipeline for continuous development of new improved cultivars as a means to implement the cycle of crop improvement. Essential topics in New Line Development and New Line Evaluation are addressed, such as choice of parents, creation of progeny, and evaluation and selection of progeny. Students learn to design a process pipeline to produce improved cultivars that meet a specific product target which represents stakeholders’ needs. 
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