Improving methods

(to be described)

Breeding methods

1. mass selection
2. reciprocal recurrent selection
3. selection among inbred families
4. clonal selection
5. SSD - single seed Descendent
6. synthetic varieties / compounds
7. other

Reference and external links

1. ALLARD, R. W. Principles of plant breeding. New York: J. Wiley, 1966. 485 p.
2. Borém, A. Improvement of cultivated species. Viçosa, UFV, 1999. 817 p.
3. BRUCKNER, C. H. Fundamentals of fruit improvement. Viçosa, UFV, 2008. 202 p.