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David Allen Sleper and John Milton Poehlman gave the definition for plant breeding as: “Plant Breeding is the art and science of improving heredity of plants for the benefit of humankind”. Above all others, this is the best-suited definition for plant breeding.
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Priyadarshan, P.M. (2019). Introduction to Plant Breeding. In: PLANT BREEDING: Classical to Modern. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-7095-3_1
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