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The use of microorganisms in plant breeding

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Exploitation of Microorganisms

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The manipulation of genes between individuals within the same species and even between individuals from different species and genera has been the foundation of plant breeding for the last 100 years. The whole process relies on natural recombination of genes during meiosis in hybrid genotypes resulting from sexual hybridization of suitable parents. Selected recombinants having the desired gene combination are isolated over a period of one or more generations and exploited as pure lines in inbreeding crops and as hybrids or heterozygous open pollinated populations (synthetics) in outbreeding crops.

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Evans, G.M. (1993). The use of microorganisms in plant breeding. In: Jones, D.G. (eds) Exploitation of Microorganisms. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1532-2_9

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