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Inbred Line Cultivars and Mixtures from Hybridization and Inbreeding

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The twentieth century saw the selection of true breeding lines from genetically variable landraces of inbreeding crops replaced by deliberate artificial hybridization in order to make further progress. Crossing generated genetic variation from which superior inbred line cultivars were produced. Pedigree inbreeding with selection, single seed descent, production of doubled haploids and bulk population selection proved successful breeding methods. The genetic bases of these methods is explored by considering the genetic variation between and within crosses and the effect of selection within crosses on the mean and variance of the inbred lines produced. Guidance is given on the choice of parents, number and choice of crosses, size of progenies and when to practise selection both between and within progenies. Cultivar mixtures are considered as an alternative to growing genetically uniform, inbred-line cultivars in monoculture. Barley (Hordeum vulgare), rice (Oryza sativa), swedes (Brassica napus) and wheat (Triticum aestivum) provide practical examples.

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Bradshaw, J.E. (2016). Inbred Line Cultivars and Mixtures from Hybridization and Inbreeding. In: Plant Breeding: Past, Present and Future. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-23285-0_13

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