Breeding of Vegetable, Spice and Tuber Crops

Applications of Pureline Selection

• As pureline selection gives out uniformity in maturity, height etc. suitable for cultivars in which machines are used for the Because of the same reason as above it can be used for varieties grown for processing market, as uniformity in texture, canning qualities is important here.
• It is practised after hybridization within segregating populations
• Though it can serve above purposes this method has limited practical use in the breeding of major cultivated species. However, the method is still widely used while breeding less important species that have not yet been heavily selected.
• Logically it was first step in the development of a uniform variety for the newly domesticated crops, with some amount of variability
• Steps in the development of pureline variety are given as Procedure for Pureline Selection.