Generating and maintaining diversity at the elite level in crop breeding.

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Most breeding programs develop elite genotypes that are well adapted to the normal range of environmental conditions in the target production region. These elite lines have similar essential alleles for desirable end use characteristics, agronomics, disease resistance, and adaptation in the target region. The genetic makeup of these elite lines is complex. Intermating among the elite lines will often produce new...

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