Genetic gains in popcorn by full-sib recurrent selection

The purpose of this study was to investigate the genetic progress in the fourth selection cycle of full-sibpopcorn families. Two hundred families were evaluated for six agronomic traits, including grain yield (GY) and poppingexpansion (PE), in a random block design with two replications, in sets in...

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Main Authors: Antonio Teixeira do Amaral Júnior, Ramon Macedo Rangel, Silvério de Paiva Freitas Júnior, Alexandre Pio Viana
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Brazilian Society of Plant Breeding 2009-01-01
Series:Crop Breeding and Applied Biotechnology
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Online Access:http://www.sbmp.org.br/cbab/siscbab/uploads/c8129491-53d5-e8f2.pdf