How can wheat landraces contribute to present breeding?

Two sets of winter wheat landraces and obsolete cultivars were studied in three-year field experiments, and compared with 3 modern control cultivars. The higher spike productivity in modern cultivars could mainly be attributed to an increased number of grains in a spikelet and harvest index (HI), wh...

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Main Authors: L. Dotlačil, J. Hermuth, Z. Stehno, V. Dvořáček, J. Bradová, L. Leišová
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences 2010-12-01
Series:Czech Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding
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Online Access:https://cjgpb.agriculturejournals.cz/artkey/cjg-201010-0019_how-can-wheat-landraces-contribute-to-present-breeding.php