Tob. Sci., 1990, 34-05, p. 15-18, ISSN. 0082-4523
Diallel analysis of crosses among United States and European burley tobacco cultivars
Dept. of Agronomy, Southern Piedmont Agricultural Experiment Station, Virginia Polytechnic institute and State University, Blackstone, VA, USA; Dept. of Crop Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
An eleven parent half diallel study of United States and European burley tobacco cultivars and a breeding line was conducted to obtain estimates of combining ability and heterosis for several agronomic traits in a genetically diverse population. The...