Optimisation of organic breeding of sweetcorn

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Doctoral thesis by Charlotte Aichholz. Together with Sativa Rheinau AG.

The efficiency of the following breeding methods is being investigated for improving yield, uniformity and quality in population varieties:

  • Positive mass selection
  • Full sibling selection
  • S2-line selection
  • DH line selection
  • Recurrent haploid selection

Publications

Aichholz, C., Becker, H. C., Horneburg, B. (2022): Recurrent haploid selection in a population of sweet corn(Zea mays convar. saccharata). Plant Breeding. doi: 10.1111/pbr.13042.[PDF]