Here is a list of statistical formulas for application in plant breeding programmes. 1. Statistics: It is a broad discipline concerned with methods for collecting, organising, summarizing, presenting, and analysing data, as well as making valid conclusions about the characteristics of the sources from which the data were obtained. It is basically, involved with data analysis. 2. Parameters: Population characteristics [...]
After reading this article you will learn about the concept and methods of stability. Concept of Stability: The term 'phenotypic stability', yield stability, and adaptation are often used in quite different senses. Therefore, Dorst (1957) remarked that "the word adaptation has great adaptability" and Lin (1986) amplified that "it (the concept of stability) is defined in many ways depending on, [...]
After reading this article you will learn about the gene and its role in population. Genetically defined, a genetic population is a spatial-temporal group of conspecific interbreeding individuals. All genetic information distributed among an interbreeding group of individuals collectively form a gene pool. The gene pool concept is best represented by small isolated colonies whose members can interbreed in a [...]