test cross

in experimental genetics, a deliberate mating designed to test claims about the pattern of inheritance of one or more traits.

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2] plants that produced resistant test cross progeny and appeared to be homozygous were identified and subsequently intercrossed to produce M6-2.

Registration of root-knot nematode-resistant sugarbeet germplasm M6-2

The test cross data pertaining to the crosses between these [F.

Inheritance of seed color in flax

Triple test cross analysis of disomically inherited traits expressed in triploid tissues.

Epistasis for Grain Yield in Two [F.sub.2] Populations of Maize

Statistical procedures used to detect epistasis, genotype x environment interactions in triple test cross, to estimate the additive and dominance components of variance, and degree of dominance for different traits, were previously described (Upadhyaya and Nigam, 1998).

Detection of Epistasis for Protein and Oil Contents and Oil Quality Parameters in Peanut

The method for detecting epistasis was triple test cross (Kearsey and Jinks, 1968) as modified by Ketata et al.

Epistasis for vegetative and reproductive traits in peanut

n] into temperate japonica cultivars, in which case the test cross would be japonica/javanica//indica.

Predicting success of indica/japonica crosses in rice, based on a PCR marker for the S-5(super n) allele at a hybrid-sterility locus

1] 414 96 Test cross 495 95 Callus with quality rating([dagger]) Population/cross 1 2 3 % Jay 83.