Heterosis and Hybrid Crop Breeding: A Multidisciplinary Review

Although hybrid crop varieties are among the most popular agricultural innovations, the rationale for hybrid crop breeding is sometimes misunderstood. Hybrid breeding is slower and more resource-intensive than inbred breeding, but it allows systematic improvement of a population by recurrent selecti...

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Main Authors: Marlee R. Labroo, Anthony J. Studer, Jessica E. Rutkoski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Genetics
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fgene.2021.643761/full