Genetic gain prediction of the third recurrent selection cycle in a popcorn population = Predição de ganhos genéticos para o terceiro ciclo de seleção recorrente em uma população de milho pipoca

Although Brazil has reduced its importation of popcorn grain in recent years, the availability of improved varieties is still rare. In order to improve a popcorn population and to estimate the prediction of genetic gains, the third cycle of intrapopulation recurrent selection was carried out. One hu...

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Main Authors: Fabrício Santana Santos, Antonio Teixeira do Amaral Júnior, Silvério de Paiva Freitas Júnior, Ramon Macedo Rangel, Carlos Alberto Scapim, Freddy Mora
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Eduem (Editora da Universidade Estadual de Maringá) 2008-12-01
Series:Acta Scientiarum: Agronomy
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Online Access:http://periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciAgron/article/view/3174/3174