Selection indices for cured leaf yield and nicotine content in tobacco (Nicotiana tobacum L.)
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The average yield of FCV (Flue Cured Verginia) tobacco (Nicotiana tobacum L.) in India is low (1519 kg/hal when compared to its potential realized in some countries like Zimbabwe (2645 kg/hal, USA (2238 kg/hal and the China (1770 kg/hal. Therefore, there is a need to involve new sources of base material for the plant breeding programmes to develop high yielding varieties, and when a new source material is to be involved, selection indices constructed by applying simultaneous selection model to the data collected in that material are supposed to be helpful in successfully selecting for the desirable characters. Information on such indices is lacking in tobacco as compared to other crops [1-3].
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Devanand, V., Manjunath, A., Rangaiah, S., & Nehru, S. D. (2003). Selection indices for cured leaf yield and nicotine content in tobacco (Nicotiana tobacum L.). INDIAN JOURNAL OF GENETICS AND PLANT BREEDING, 63(03), 279–280. https://doi.org/.
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