Extracting female inbred lines from commercial sunflower hybrids Extração de linhagens fêmeas a partir de híbridos comerciais de girassol

The objective of this study was to obtain female inbred lines from sunflower (Helianthus annuus) hybrids. A methodology based on altering inbred lines carrying the fertility restorer gene (Rf) obtained from self pollinating hybrids into inbred lines with normal cytoplasm without the Rf gene was desc...

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Main Authors: Claudio Guilherme Portela de Carvalho, José Francisco Ferraz de Toledo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Embrapa Informação Tecnológica 2008-09-01
Series:Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-204X2008000900009