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040 _aMnU
_beng
_cMnU
050 4 _aQE1
245 0 0 _aCultivar Development
_cWalter Suza
264 2 _aMinneapolis, MN
_bOpen Textbook Library
264 1 _aAmes, IA
_bIowa State University Digital Press
_c2023.
264 4 _c©2023.
300 _a1 online resource
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 0 _aOpen textbook library.
505 0 _aAbout the PBEA Series -- Chapter 1: Plant Breeders Rise to the Challenge of Feeding the World -- Chapter 2: The Process of Cultivar Development: Pure Line Variety -- Chapter 3: New Line Development and New Line Evaluation: Single-cross Hybrid -- Chapter 4: New Line Development and New Line Evaluation: Clonally Propagated Cultivars -- Chapter 5: Value-added Trait Integration -- Chapter 6: Optimization of Product Pipeline -- Chapter 7: Launching Improved Cultivars -- Contributors -- Applied Learning Activities
520 0 _aThis open textbook places emphasis on the design of a process pipeline for continuous development of new improved cultivars as a means to implement the cycle of crop improvement. Essential topics in New Line Development and New Line Evaluation are addressed, such as choice of parents, creation of progeny, and evaluation and selection of progeny. Students learn to design a process pipeline to produce improved cultivars that meet a specific product target which represents stakeholders’ needs.
542 1 _fAttribution-NonCommercial
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on print resource
650 0 _aEarth Sciences
_vTextbooks
700 1 _aSuza, Walter
_eeditor
700 1 _aLamkey, Kendall
_eeditor
700 1 _aMumm, Rita H.
_eauthor
710 2 _aOpen Textbook Library
_edistributor
856 4 0 _uhttps://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/1515
_zAccess online version
999 _c39651
_d39651