Plant Breeding Methods (CS, HS 541)

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Lecture Outline 23 – INTRODUCTION & BULK BREEDING

1. Assignments
2. Self-Pollinated Crops (Need different breeding methods)
3. Rate Of Approach To Homozygosity (controlled by 8 factors)
4. Quantitative Genetics of Self-Pollinated Crops
5. Pure Line Selection (Johannsen) – Use Easter Egg Seed Bags for Demonstration
6. Mass Selection
7. Bulk Breeding

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Exercise 6

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