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Other forms of heritable variation
Quantitative variation and heritability
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Breeding methods
Self pollinators: Mass selection
Self pollinators: Pure line selection
Self pollinators: Pedigree selection
The pedigree breeding funnel: wheat example
Self pollinators: Single seed descent and doubled haploid lines
Single seed descent
Single seed descent, contd
Doubled haploids
Self pollinators: Back-cross breeding
Self pollinators: male sterility and F1 hybrids
Manual emasculation
Chemical sterilization
Genetic male sterility
Cross pollinators: F1 hybrids
Cross pollinators: F1 hybrids, contd
Polyploids
Polyploids contd
Ploidy level affects fertility
Autopolyploid breeding
Alloployploid breeding
Vegetatively propagated crops
Tree crops
Participatory plant breeding
Plant Breeders' rights
New technologies for plant breeding
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Alloployploid breeding

At the polyploid level, breeding is the same as for a diploid. The only difference is that because the chromosome number is high, there is more potential for progress via re-assortment. Sugar cane has a 2n chromosome number of 100 to 130 (barley has 14, rice has 24 ...).

Introgression is possible from diploid ancestors in the same way as for allopolyploids.

A well-known example is the Brassicas:

Brassica spp. polyploid relationships ("U's triangle")
B. nigra, oleracea and campestris are all diploid
B. napus, juncea and carinata are all tetraploid