Speed breeding for multiple quantitative traits in durum wheat

Abstract Background Plant breeding requires numerous generations to be cycled and evaluated before an improved cultivar is released. This lengthy process is required to introduce and test multiple traits of interest. However, a technology for rapid generation advance named ‘speed breeding’ was succe...

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Main Authors: Samir Alahmad, Eric Dinglasan, Kung Ming Leung, Adnan Riaz, Nora Derbal, Kai P. Voss-Fels, Jason A. Able, Filippo M. Bassi, Jack Christopher, Lee T. Hickey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-05-01
Series:Plant Methods
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13007-018-0302-y