This presentation during the IPBO Summer Course 2012 covered the following topics;
- Clonally Propagated Crops
- Breeding Objectives (examples for sweetpotatoes)
- Selection by Accelerated Breeding and Developing Varieties in 4 to 5 Years
- Some Population Genetics for Autopolyploids (recessive inheritance and inbreeding)
- Heterosis Exploitation and Achieving a Yield Jump of 20%, 40%, and more for Sweetpotato and other RTB Crops
Authors: Wolfgang Gruneberg, Wolfgang Gruneberg
Contributors: Shiphar Mulumba, Shiphar Mulumba
Subjects: Breeding
Pages: 15
Publisher: International Potato Center (CIP)
Publication Date: August2012
Keywords: Breeding, Breeding Methodologies for Sweetpotato, Clonally Propagated Crops, Sweetpotato