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Progeny Testing for Forage Yield in Tall Fescue, Festuca arundinacea , Schreb. 1
Author(s) -
Frakes R. V.,
Matheson K. I.
Publication year - 1973
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/cropsci1973.0011183x001300030001x
Subject(s) - festuca arundinacea , biology , forage , festuca , agronomy , yield (engineering) , poaceae , materials science , metallurgy
Forage was harvested from parents, single‐crosses, open‐pollinated, polycross, and F 2 progeny of 10 genotypes of tall fescue ( Festuca arundinacea , Schreb.). All methods of progeny testing identified high. and low performing parents. The high yielding parent was involved in most of the high yielding crosses, and was present among the high yielding open‐pollinated and polycross progeny lines.