Use of a controlled-nutrient experiment to test heterosis hypotheses.

doi:10.1093/genetics/126.3.753

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Use of a controlled-nutrient experiment to test heterosis hypotheses.

Genetics - 1 Nov 1990

Griffing B

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A controlled-nutrient (CN) experiment was conducted to test three heterosis hypotheses with reference to tomato yield, and its components, for a set of two inbred lines and their hybrid that had previously exhibited considerable heterosis under field conditions. The CN treatments consisted of per...

Topics

Analysis of Variance
Genes, Plant
Genotype
Hybrid Vigor
Plants

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