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272 7.4 Classifying Environments and Defining Candidate Sub-Regions In MET, environments that are similar in terms of genotype r ...

273 A plant breeding program is a cyclical process aimed at the development of new cultivars, whereby each cycle consists of thr ...

274 and diversify production systems. But genetic variation, once considered unlimited, is fast eroding as modern breeding lines ...

275 et al. 2014 , 2015 ). A list of crop varieties released by Dryland Agricultural Research Institute, Iran for adaptation to d ...

276 Table 2 Crop varieties released by Dryland Agricultural Research Institute, Iran for adaptation to drylands Crop Cultivars r ...

277 Crop Cultivars released Mean (kgha −^1 ) Superiority to check (%) Characteristics Target areas Year of release Number Name 2 ...

278 plant breeding (CPB) has been successful for farmers in high potential environ- ments. However, it did not make good progres ...

279 and sensitive screening with fully automated fluorometers. Positive correlation of grain carbon isotope discrimination under ...

280 The use of embryo rescue in wheat breeding was introduced primarily for the production of interspecific and intergeneric cro ...

281 more vulnerable than varieties having genetically different backgrounds. Breeders should have a stock of resistance; may it ...

282 genome is a rich source of resistance to various biotic and abiotic stresses that could contribute to the improvement of whe ...

283 9 Barriers to Interspecific Hybridization The hybridization procedure starts with pollination of the flower of one species w ...

284 In wheat × sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L.) or wheat × maize (Zea mays L.) cross, the sorghum and maize chromosomes are eliminat ...

285 markers that have been developed and are being used in plants include restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLPs), amp ...

286 stomatal conductance (Sanguineti et al. 1999 ; Juenger et al. 2005 ), transpiration efficiency (Kholova et al. 2010 ), osmot ...

287 Annicchiarico P (1997) Joint regression vs AMMI analysis of genotype–environment interactions for cereals in Italy. Euphytic ...

288 Byerlee D (1996) Modem varieties, productivity, and sustainability: recent experience and emerg- ing challenges. World Dev 2 ...

289 Curtis BC (2002) Wheat in the world. In: Curtis BC, Rajaram S, Go ́mez Macpherson H (eds) Bread wheat. FAO, Rome Dalrymple D ...

290 Determinants of barley grain yield in a wide range of Mediterranean environments. Field Crops Res 120:169–178 Friebe B, Jian ...

291 Hoisington D, Listman GM, Morris ML (1998) Varietal development: applied biotechnology. In: Morris ML (ed) Maize seed indust ...