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International Rice Research Institute
Industry: Agriculture
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Breeding methodology where three lines--cytoplasmic male sterile, maintainer, and restorer--are used to produce Fl hybrids.
Industry:Agriculture
An apparatus which changes temperatures according to precise programming. Usually used with PCR, RAPD, AP-PCR, and DAF.
Industry:Agriculture
An organism with four basic (n) sets of chromosomes.
Industry:Agriculture
A common parent, generally male, used in crosses with a series of lines in order to analyze the combining ability of lines.
Industry:Agriculture
A cross between a selection, line, or clone and a common pollen parent which may be a variety, inbred line, or a single cross. The common pollen parent is called the top cross or tester parent.
Industry:Agriculture
Breeding nursery where Fl progenies of cytoplasmic male sterile lines and test varieties are screened for pollen sterility/fertility and spikelet fertility to identify maintainers and restorers.
Industry:Agriculture
Hard external coating or integument of a seed.
Industry:Agriculture
The insect species and biotype against which a test entry is being evaluated.
Industry:Agriculture
Arise from secondary tillers and are the third group of tillers to grow during the plant's development.
Industry:Agriculture
Varieties or breeding lines being evaluated.
Industry:Agriculture