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Gametophytic and sporophytic selection

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Gametophytic selection as a tool in plant breeding refers to methodologies based on the application of selection pressures to the male gametophytic generation with the purpose of improving traits of the sporophytic progeny. Frequently it is also referred to as pollen selection.

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  1. Welsh Plant Breeding Station, AFRC IGER, Plas Gogerddan, Near Aberystwyth, SY23 3EB, Dyfed, UK

    M. D. Hayward

  2. Hilleshög AB, PO Box 302, S-26123, Landskrona, Sweden

    N. O. Bosemark

  3. Departamento de Producción Vegetal, UdL — IRTA, Avenida Rovira Roure 177, 25006, Lleida, Spain

    I. Romagosa

  4. CIHEAM, Zaragoza, Spain

    M. Cerezo

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Ottaviano, E., Sari-Gorla, M. (1993). Gametophytic and sporophytic selection. In: Hayward, M.D., Bosemark, N.O., Romagosa, I., Cerezo, M. (eds) Plant Breeding. Plant Breeding Series. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1524-7_21

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