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Horticultural Plant Journal, 2023 Cabbage has significant heterosis and most commercial cultivars are hybrids. To explore genetic basis of cabbage heterosis and promote cabbage heterosis utilization, we constructed two populations by crossing 100 DH lines derived from a cabbage hybrid 01–
Xing Li +9 more
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BMC Genetics, 2017 Background Plant height (PH) and ear height (EH) are two important agronomic traits in maize selection breeding. F1 hybrid exhibit significant heterosis for PH and EH as compared to their parental inbred lines.
Hongjian Li +6 more
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The pattern and distribution of deleterious mutations in maize [PDF]
, 2013 Most non-synonymous mutations are thought to be deleterious because of their effect on protein sequence. These polymorphisms are expected to be removed or kept at low frequency by the action of natural selection, and rare deleterious variants have been ...
Mezmouk, Sofiane, Ross-Ibarra, Jeffrey
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Frontiers in Plant Science, 2020 Wheat leaf rust, caused by the fungus Puccinia triticina Eriks. (Pt), is a destructive disease found throughout common wheat production areas worldwide.
Lina Qiu +13 more
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Crop biotechnology: prospects and opportunities [PDF]
, 2010 SUMMARYThis paper is a brief review summarizing some of the important areas of activity in crop biotechnology likely to be exploited over the medium term (10–20 years), with an emphasis on agronomic traits.
Dunwell, J. M.
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Growth and slaughtering performance, carcase fleshiness and meat quality according to the plumage colour in Padovana male chickens slaughtered at 18 weeks of age [PDF]
, 2019 The aim of this trial was to investigate on the growth and meat quality of Padovana male chickens with different plumage varieties, chamois (PC - light brown feathers with white edge), silver (PS - white feathers with black edge), and their cross.
Rizzi, Chiara
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Parental Selection for Productivity Improvement in Indian Tropical Tasar Silkworm, Antheraea mylitta Drury (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) [PDF]
, 2011 Global demand for Vanya silks in general and tasar silk in particular, call-for sustainable utilization of the country’s seri-biodiversity potential.
Dr. Manohar Reddy Rangareddygari +1 more
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Assessment of heterosis in two Arabidopsis thaliana common-reference mapping populations. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 Hybrid vigour, or heterosis, has been of tremendous importance in agriculture for the improvement of both crops and livestock. Notwithstanding large efforts to study the phenomenon of heterosis in the last decades, the identification of common molecular ...
Marieke H A van Hulten +10 more
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Carcass characteristics of cattle differing in Jersey proportion [PDF]
, 2018 peer-reviewedComparison of alternative dairy (cross-)breeding programs requires full appraisals of all revenues and costs, including beef merit. Few studies exist on carcass characteristics of crossbred dairy progeny originating from dairy herds as well ...
Berry, Donagh +4 more
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Plants, 2022 Microtubules play a fundamental role in plant development, morphogenesis, and cytokinesis; they are assembled from heterodimers containing an α-tubulin (TUA) and a β-tubulin (TUB) protein.
Yang Ren +8 more
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