Tob. Sci., 1992, 36-12, p. 43-44, ISSN. 0082-4523, Tob. Reporter, 1992, 119-8, p. 51
Stability studies of maternal doubled haploid lines of burley tobacco
BOWMAN D.T.; WEMSMAN E.A.; RUFTY R.C.; MILLER R.D.; LINK L.; SASSCER C.M., Jr
Crop Science Dept., North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA; Dept. of Plant and Soil Science, Tennessee Agricultural Experiment Station, Greeneville, TN, USA; Southwest Virginia Research Station, Glade Springs, VA, USA
Heterozygosity has been generally thought to be advantageous in phenotypic stability across varying environments. At the same time, most crop species are cultivated as homozygous lines. The burley tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.) breeder has two...