Maintenance Breeding and Its Importance
Aman Singh*
Dept. of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Acharya Narendra Deva University of Agriculture and Technology, Kumarganj, Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh (224229), India
Upendra ku Mishra
Dept. of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Acharya Narendra Deva University of Agriculture and Technology, Kumarganj, Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh (224229), India
Vinod Singh
Dept. of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Acharya Narendra Deva University of Agriculture and Technology, Kumarganj, Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh (224229), India
Sudhanshu Singh
Dept. of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Acharya Narendra Deva University of Agriculture and Technology, Kumarganj, Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh (224229), India
Gaurav Singh
Dept. of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Acharya Narendra Deva University of Agriculture and Technology, Kumarganj, Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh (224229), India
Juhi Pandey
Dept. of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Acharya Narendra Deva University of Agriculture and Technology, Kumarganj, Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh (224229), India
DOI: NIL
Keywords: Breeder’s seed, Contamination, Maintenance, Multiplication
Abstract
The improved cultivars are always better and uniform than local varieties. Such varieties are grown and maintained on experimental stations and later distributed to farmers. This is achieved by repeated multiplication cycles developed from stock of Breeder’s seed. Breeder seeds are assumed to be true to type. This is maintained by maintaining the isolation of crop in order to protect the genetic deterioration of the variety. Preventing contamination is top most priority during maintenance and multiplication.
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