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Cycle Evaluation of Reciprocal Recurrent Selection for Popping Volume, Grain Yield, and Resistance to Root Lodging in Popcorn 1
Author(s) -
Thomas W. I.,
Grissom D. B.
Publication year - 1961
Publication title -
crop science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.76
H-Index - 147
eISSN - 1435-0653
pISSN - 0011-183X
DOI - 10.2135/cropsci1961.0011183x000100030012x
Subject(s) - library science , citation , state (computer science) , operations research , horticulture , mathematics , biology , computer science , algorithm
ALTHOUGH a great deal of progress is evident when the current popcorn hybrids are compared with the original varieties, the performance of most of these hybrids is relatively inferior for yield and lodging resistance when compared to dent hybrids. A part of this may be that the maximum effort in improvement has been directed towards quality. Generally speaking, the most important measurement of quality is popping volume or the ratio of the popped corn to the raw corn. Accordingly, this study was started to determine whether progress could be attained in a reciprocal recurrent selection program when selecting simultaneously for several attributes and to compare progress made by selection between and within selfed families3