TY  - BOOK
AU  - Fehr,Walter R.
AU  - Suza,Walter P.
ED  - Open Textbook Library
TI  - Plant Breeding Methods
T2  - Open textbook library
AV  - QH301 
CY  - Minneapolis, MN
PB  - Open Textbook Library
KW  - Science
KW  - Textbooks
KW  - Earth Sciences
N1  - Introduction -- Types of Cultivars and Modes of Plant Reproduction -- Sources of Parental Germplasm -- Population Formation by Hybridization -- Techniques for Artificial Hybridization -- Mutation Breeding -- Novel Traits from Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology -- Backcrossing -- Inbreeding -- Recurrent Selection -- Key Terms -- About the Authors
N2  - This text has been compiled to provide an overview of how plant breeders develop cultivars of plant species. The methods that breeders use depend directly on the type of cultivar used to produce a commercial crop. The four most common types of cultivars are (a) clonal cultivars (b) synthetic cultivars (c) pure-line cultivars and (d) hybrid cultivars. These types of cultivars will be discussed throughout the book, alongside review questions for self-study
UR  - https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/1713
ER  -