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A unified framework for hybrid breeding and the establishment of heterotic groups in wheat.
TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik - 1 Jun 2016
Boeven Philipp H G, Longin C Friedrich H, Würschum Tobias
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KEY MESSAGE: Global wheat genetic diversity can be used in a unified framework to support and accelerate hybrid breeding and the development of heterotic groups in wheat. Hybrid wheat breeding has great potential to increase the global wheat grain yield level particularly in view of the increasing abiotic and biotic stress challenges as well as variable climatic conditions. For the long-term success of hybrid...
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