Applications of Back Cross Method

Applications of Back Cross Method

  • Intervarietal transfer of qualitative characters and quantitative characters with high heritability.
  • Interspecific transfer of traits with high heritability.
  • To improve well established variety with respect to one or a few characters.
  • Isogenic lines production
  • Cytoplasm transfer esp. with cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) involved, used to transfer male sterility into purelines, which is a prerequisite for many hybrid production breeding programs.
  • It may be modified so that transgressive segregation may occur for quantitative characters
 

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