After reading this article you will learn about the mechanism for hybrid seed production. This is the most simple mechanism of producing F1 hybrid seed provided: (i) Emasculation and pollination are easy to perform. (ii) More seeds per pollination are produced. (iii) Price of hybrid seed is economical in relation to the cost of manual hybrid seed production. (iv) Seed [...]
This article throws light upon the top three breeding methods used for cross-pollinated crops. The methods are: 1. Mass Pedigree Method 2. Inbreeding 3. Recurrent Selection. 1. Mass Pedigree Method: In this method of breeding, the best individuals with desired characters are selected on the basis of phenotypic performance in a source population. Open-pollinated seeds of the selected individual plants [...]
This article provides notes on Duncan's multiple range test. For experiments, requiring the comparison of all possible pairs of treatment means, the LSD test is usually not suitable, when the total number of treatment is large. In such cases, DMRT is useful. DMRT involves the computation of numerical boundaries, that allow for the classification of the difference between any 2 [...]