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The wild relatives of crop plants are an important reservoir of genetic variability for various economic characteristics such as disease and insect resistance, tolerance for abiotic stresses, male sterility, increased biomass, grain yield, and improved quality characteristics. The role of wild relatives in crop improvement has been emphasized in several reviews (Harlan 1976; Knott and Dvorak 1976; Sanchez-Monge and Garcia-Olmedo 1978; Stalker 1980; Sears 1981; Frey 1983; Sharma and Gill 1983b; Swaminathan and Gupta 1983; Brar and Khush 1986; Khush and Brar 1988; Kalloo Chap. 9, this Vol).
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Khush, G.S., Brar, D.S. (1992). Overcoming the Barriers in Hybridization. In: Kalloo, G., Chowdhury, J.B. (eds) Distant Hybridization of Crop Plants. Monographs on Theoretical and Applied Genetics, vol 16. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-84306-8_4
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