Prediction of vigour and parental selection of a synthetic variety
Gallais, A.
Annales de l' Amelioration des Plantes 25(3): 233-264
1975
Accession: 000465312
From a consideration of prediction formulae, it is concluded that Wright's formula is only valid for diploids in the absence of epistasis, with panmixis in the production of the second and subsequent generations. Cases are discussed where some or all of these conditions are not met.