Multilines: safety in numbers

Multiline varieties-mixtures of genetically related lines that have different genes for disease resistance-offer farmers a way to tame outbreaks of rust, thus stabilizing annual wheat yields. CIMMYT is producing large numbers of component lines that national wheatprograms can use in compositing their own multiline varieties.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Breth, S.A.
Format: Book biblioteca
Language:English
Published: CIMMYT 1976
Subjects:AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND BIOTECHNOLOGY, WHEAT, CROSS-BREEDING, VARIETIES, DISEASE RESISTANCE, RUSTS, FOOD SECURITY,
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10883/3889
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