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The challenge of the plant breeder is to develop better varieties. In this chapter we are concerned with the methods by which new varieties of self-pollinated crop plants originate. Before we proceed into a discussion of these methods, let us consider the question, “What is a variety?”
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Poehlman, J.M. (1987). Breeding Self-Pollinated Crops. In: Breeding Field Crops. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-7271-2_10
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