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BACKCROSS METHOD BREEDING [1 record]

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Record 1 1979-05-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant and Crop Production
  • Genetics
DEF

A system of breeding carried out by several generations of backcrossing and subsequent selection. The characters of the recurrent parents are retained for the most part, and a few characters from the nonrecurrent parent are added.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cultures (Agriculture)
  • Génétique
DEF

(...) méthode (...) destinée à transférer des gènes spécifiques dans une bonne variété. Pendant plusieurs générations, on croise les hybrides avec le parent à améliorer tout en sélectionnant pour le caractère à transférer.

Spanish

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