Heterosis and hybrid rice breeding

A concise account of hybrid breeding in rice, a newly deployed breeding approach to increase the yield, is provided. Research on heterosis, male sterility systems, outcrossing mechanisms, disease and insect resistance and grain quality considerations in hybrid rice are reviewed. The current status a...

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Main Author: Virmani, Sant S.
Format: Book
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Published: Berlin Springer-Verlag 1994
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Institutions: Trung tâm Học liệu Trường Đại học Cần Thơ