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Use of the Single Seed Descent Method in Breeding Safflower ( Carthamus tinctorius L.)
Author(s) -
Fernandez Martinez J.,
Dominguez Gimenez J.,
Jimenez A.,
Hernandez L.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
plant breeding
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.583
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1439-0523
pISSN - 0179-9541
DOI - 10.1111/j.1439-0523.1986.tb01079.x
Subject(s) - carthamus , biology , cultivar , selection (genetic algorithm) , descent (aeronautics) , population , agronomy , botany , horticulture , yield (engineering) , computer science , engineering , demography , artificial intelligence , materials science , medicine , sociology , aerospace engineering , traditional medicine , metallurgy
The single seed descent (SSD) method of selection has been evaluated in safflower ( Carthamus tinctorius L.). The initial population of this study was a BC 2 F 1 from a cross between a well adapted and a high oil cultivar. Transgressive segregation for yield and oil content producing lines with considerably higher values than the better parent was observed in BC 2 F 4 and BC 2 F 5 generations. These results and the great saving of time and effort makes the SSD method a very desirable tool for safflower breeders.