Genetic variances of agronomic and morphological traits of diploid crested wheatgrass.

From: Crop Science | Date: September 1, 1997| Author: Ray, Ian M.; Frank, Albert B.; Berdahl, John D. | Copyright information

Crested wheatgrass breeding efforts in the USA have focused on tetraploid germplasm, resulting in little genetic information available for diploid germplasm. This study was conducted to estimate progeny-mean heritability ([h.sup.2]) of eight traits of diploid crested wheatgrass (Agropyron cristatum L.) grown under seeded competitive conditions in the northern Great Plains. Thirty half-sib families were randomly selected from a genetically broad-based population, and evaluated at one location ...

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