After reading this article you will learn about the concept and methods of stability. Concept of Stability: The term ‘phenotypic stability’, yield stability, and adaptation are often used in quite different senses. Therefore, Dorst (1957) remarked that “the word adaptation has great adaptability” and Lin (1986) amplified that “it (the concept of stability) is defined […]
Stability: Concept and Methods | Vegetable Breeding
Article Shared by
Concept of Combining Ability | Vegetable Breeding
Article Shared by
The concept of combining ability was developed by G.F. Sprague and L.A. Tatum in 1942. The average or overall performance of a line in a series of crosses is known as general combining ability (gca) and the deviation in the performance of a particular cross than what would be expected based on the gca effects […]