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Future prospects for crop improvement through anther and microspore culture

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In Vitro Haploid Production in Higher Plants

Part of the book series: Current Plant Science and Biotechnology in Agriculture ((PSBA,volume 24))

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Plant breeders are keenly interested in haploid sporophytes because using the conventional method of plant breeding, a considerable number of generations are needed to create pure lines from a heterozygous population. However, if the chromosomes of haploids are doubled, completely homozygous lines can be obtained in one or two generations. The genetic factors in doubled haploid plants are fixed and will be identical in future generations, making it possible for a plant breeder to evaluate quantitative characters such as yield and quality early in the breeding process. Furthermore, a much smaller population may be needed using the haploid method than that required when employing the diploid method (Nei, 1963; Baenziger et al., 1984).

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  1. Plant Production Department, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

    S. Mohan Jain

  2. School of Life Science, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India

    S. K. Sopory

  3. Department of Horticulture, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA

    R. E. Veilleux

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Kao, K.N. (1996). Future prospects for crop improvement through anther and microspore culture. In: Jain, S.M., Sopory, S.K., Veilleux, R.E. (eds) In Vitro Haploid Production in Higher Plants. Current Plant Science and Biotechnology in Agriculture, vol 24. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0477-9_18

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