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Mass Selection of Commercial Hybrid Sugarcane Populations in Fiji

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2008

A. H. D. Brown  and
J. Daniels
A. H. D. Brown
Affiliation:
Agricultural Experiment Station, S.P.S.M. Ltd., Lautoka, Fiji
J. Daniels
Affiliation:
Agricultural Experiment Station, S.P.S.M. Ltd., Lautoka, Fiji
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Summary

The mass selection reservoir (MSR) is one way to take a population approach to the breeding of sugarcane. Yield data from four successive plantings of a sugarcane MSR showed consistent superiority to a commercial clone. The problem of defining satisfactory selection indices for the MSR is discussed.

Type
Research Article
Information
Experimental Agriculture , Volume 9 , Issue 4 , October 1973 , pp. 321 - 328
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1973

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