- Industry: Agriculture
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A common parent, generally male, used in crosses with a series of lines in order to analyze the combining ability of lines.
Industry:Agriculture
A cross between a selection, line, or clone and a common pollen parent which may be a variety, inbred line, or a single cross. The common pollen parent is called the top cross or tester parent.
Industry:Agriculture
Breeding nursery where Fl progenies of cytoplasmic male sterile lines and test varieties are screened for pollen sterility/fertility and spikelet fertility to identify maintainers and restorers.
Industry:Agriculture
A cross made between cytoplasmic male sterile line and a test variety to identify maintainers and restorers.
Industry:Agriculture
The insect species and biotype against which a test entry is being evaluated.
Industry:Agriculture
Arise from secondary tillers and are the third group of tillers to grow during the plant's development.
Industry:Agriculture
1). Bench-like portions of a former flat river floodplain left at higher levels by the downcutting action of a river; alluvial terraces and river terraces are generally considered as synonymous.2). An artificially leveled field or series of fields made on sloping land.
Industry:Agriculture
