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A Bulk Method of Producing Hybrid Wheat
Author(s) -
Watson I. A.,
McWhirter K. S.
Publication year - 1968
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/cropsci1968.0011183x000800010041x
Subject(s) - biology , pollinator , hybrid seed , seeding , agronomy , pollination , hybrid , line (geometry) , microbiology and biotechnology , botany , pollen , mathematics , geometry
The use of a small‐seeded, fertility‐restoring pollinator line, and a normal‐seeded, male‐sterile female parent line for production of hybrid wheat seed by a Bulk Method is suggested. The difference in seed size would enable pure hybrid seed to be graded from bulk harvested seed lots. The feasibility of using the sphaerococcum gene to obtain the required seed size characteristic in pollinator lines is being studied.