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Hybrid Cultivars from Inbreeding and Crossbreeding

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Plant Breeding: Past, Present and Future

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The theory of inbreeding and crossbreeding is presented as the genetic basis of hybrid breeding. This is followed by considering the variation among inbred lines and their single cross hybrids and the selection of inbred lines (per se and through testcrosses) to produce the best possible single cross hybrids. The concept of heterotic groups raises the issue of predicting heterosis (for example, from the squared difference in allele frequency) and leads to the use of reciprocal recurrent selection in hybrid breeding. Hybrid breeding practice is explained in detail for maize (Zea mays). Also described is the discovery and use of genetic-cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) in a three-line system for hybrid seed production. Finally hybrid breeding schemes are presented and discussed for a number of crops in addition to maize: fodder and vegetable crops of Brassica oleracea, onions (Allium cepa), carrots (Daucus carota), rye (Secale cereale) and sugar beet (Beta vulgaris).

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Bradshaw, J.E. (2016). Hybrid Cultivars from Inbreeding and Crossbreeding. In: Plant Breeding: Past, Present and Future. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-23285-0_12

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