Grain yield in Composite Cross Five of barley: Effects of natural selection

Danquah, E.Y.; Barrett, J.A.

dc.contributor.author	Danquah, E.Y.
dc.contributor.author	Barrett, J.A.
dc.date.accessioned	2019-02-28T14:04:14Z
dc.date.available	2019-02-28T14:04:14Z
dc.date.issued	2002-03
dc.identifier.other	Volume 138, Issue 2, pp. 171-176
dc.identifier.other	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021859601001678
dc.identifier.uri	http://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/handle/123456789/28452
dc.description.abstract	A range of three generations from each of three populations of Cambridge Composite Cross Five of barley spanning a period of 18 years of cultivation in Cambridge was evaluated for grain yield over 2 years in the field in 1991 and 1992. The design of the experiment was a randomized complete block with two replications. In 1991, the yield of the best composite cross generation was 78 % that of Atem, a commercial variety bred for N.W. European conditions. In the drought-affected year, 1992, three of the composite cross generations performed better than Atem. It is suggested that composite cross populations may be useful in deriving lines for low-input agriculture. © 2002 Cambridge University Press.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Journal of Agricultural Science	en_US
dc.subject	Grain yield	en_US
dc.subject	Composite Cross Five	en_US
dc.subject	barley	en_US
dc.title	Grain yield in Composite Cross Five of barley: Effects of natural selection	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US