Plant Breeding Methods (CS, HS 541)

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Lecture Outline 34 – INDEX SELECTION

  1. Assignments
  2. Introduction
  3. Tandem Selection, Hazel and Lush
  4. Independent Culling Level, Hazel & Lush (ICL)
  5. Selection Index, Smith-Hazel (SH)
  6. Desired Gain Index, Pesek-Baker (DG)
  7. Weight-Free Index, Elston (EWF)
  8. Baker’s Standard Deviation Index (BSD)
  9. Simple Weighted Index, Wehner (SW)
  10. Rank Summation Index (Or Average Rank) Mulamba and Mock (AR)
  11. Simple Weighted Index
  12. Index Type
  13. Actual Selection Intensity
  14. Populations: number vs. size (Skip to O.)
  15. Comparison Of Selection Indices

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Exercise 8

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