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Choice of germplasm as source of elite inbred lines is the most important decision the breeder takes. No tool or breeding methodology will be successful if a poor choice is made on source populations.
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Hallauer, A.R., Carena, M.J., Filho, J.B.M. (2010). Means and Variances. In: Quantitative Genetics in Maize Breeding. Handbook of Plant Breeding, vol 6. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0766-0_2
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