| Description |
1 online resource (x, 249 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Series |
PBEA series |
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Plant Breeding E-Learning in Africa series
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| Contents |
About the PBEA Series -- Chapter 1: gene frequencies -- Chapter 2: linkage -- Chapter 3: resemblance between relatives -- Chapter 4: measures of similarity -- Chapter 5: gene effects -- Chapter 6: components of variance -- Chapter 7: estimates of variance -- Chapter 8: mating designs -- Chapter 9: selection response -- Chapter 10: G x E -- Chapter 11: multiple trait selection -- Chapter 12: multi environment trials: linear mixed models -- Chapter 13: simulation modeling -- Plant breeding basics -- Applied learning activities -- Contributors |
| Summary |
This open textbook is intended to expose students to the application of quantitative genetic models to plant breeding populations. Specific topics include conducting and interpreting multi-environment trials, resource allocation using engineering principles, genetic modeling of quantitative traits, simulation modeling, variance, covariance and heritability, prediction, selection, and genetic gain |
| Notes |
Attribution-NonCommercial |
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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International CC BY-NC 4.0 cc https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ IaAS |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (Iowa State University Digital Press, viewed October 28, 2024) |
| Subject |
Plant genetics -- Textbooks
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Agronomy -- Textbooks
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Crop science -- Textbooks
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| Genre/Form |
Textbooks.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Suza, Walter P. (Walter Philip), editor.
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Lamkey, Kendall R., editor.
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Beavis, William, contributor
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Espinosa, Katherine, contributor
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Newell, Mark, contributor
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Mahama, Anthony Assibi, contributor
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Iowa State University. Digital Press, distributor, publisher.
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