Revolutionizing sweetpotato breeding through heterosis exploiting breeding schemes - how far are we?

Exploitation of hybrid vigor is one of the hallmarks of modern plant and animal breeding, but until recently had not been seriously considered by root and tuber breeders. In sweetpotato breeding, we have made exciting progress developing and implementing heterosis exploiting breeding schemes (HEBS)...

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Autor principal: International Potato Center
Formato: Brief
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/144100
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description Exploitation of hybrid vigor is one of the hallmarks of modern plant and animal breeding, but until recently had not been seriously considered by root and tuber breeders. In sweetpotato breeding, we have made exciting progress developing and implementing heterosis exploiting breeding schemes (HEBS) and are now applying this approach at breeding platforms across sub-Saharan Africa and in Peru (Fig. 1). We have completed a full cycle of reciprocal recurrent selection, the method used in heterosis breeding in Peru, and are now applying HEBS to speed up genetic gains in yield and important traits such as virus resistance, earliness, low-sweetness, as well as high iron and zinc.
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spelling CGSpace1441002025-11-06T13:32:20Z Revolutionizing sweetpotato breeding through heterosis exploiting breeding schemes - how far are we? International Potato Center sweet potatoes breeding Exploitation of hybrid vigor is one of the hallmarks of modern plant and animal breeding, but until recently had not been seriously considered by root and tuber breeders. In sweetpotato breeding, we have made exciting progress developing and implementing heterosis exploiting breeding schemes (HEBS) and are now applying this approach at breeding platforms across sub-Saharan Africa and in Peru (Fig. 1). We have completed a full cycle of reciprocal recurrent selection, the method used in heterosis breeding in Peru, and are now applying HEBS to speed up genetic gains in yield and important traits such as virus resistance, earliness, low-sweetness, as well as high iron and zinc. 2018-08 2024-05-27T16:56:45Z 2024-05-27T16:56:45Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/144100 en Open Access application/pdf International Potato Center. 2018. Revolutionizing sweetpotato breeding through heterosis exploiting breeding schemes - how far are we? Sweetpotato Action for Security and Health in Africa Project. CIP. 4 p.
spellingShingle sweet potatoes
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International Potato Center
Revolutionizing sweetpotato breeding through heterosis exploiting breeding schemes - how far are we?
title Revolutionizing sweetpotato breeding through heterosis exploiting breeding schemes - how far are we?
title_full Revolutionizing sweetpotato breeding through heterosis exploiting breeding schemes - how far are we?
title_fullStr Revolutionizing sweetpotato breeding through heterosis exploiting breeding schemes - how far are we?
title_full_unstemmed Revolutionizing sweetpotato breeding through heterosis exploiting breeding schemes - how far are we?
title_short Revolutionizing sweetpotato breeding through heterosis exploiting breeding schemes - how far are we?
title_sort revolutionizing sweetpotato breeding through heterosis exploiting breeding schemes how far are we
topic sweet potatoes
breeding
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/144100
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