This document discusses two plant breeding methods: the pedigree method and bulk population breeding method. The pedigree method uses hybridization to generate variability followed by selection and maintaining records of ancestry over multiple generations for up to 12 years. It allows for high genetic purity but is expensive. Bulk population breeding is the oldest, simplest, and cheapest method that involves bulking generations without pedigree records, making it slower but more convenient.
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Pedigree Method
Key features:
Records of the ancestry of the cultivar
Hybridization is used to generate variability
Followed by selection of a segregating population
Applications:
Mainly crop plants
Improvement of quantitative traits
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Establish base population
Space plant progenies of selected plants
Keep records of generations
Procedure
Pedigree Method
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Procedure (Cont...)
•Making Crosses
•Raising F1 Generation
•Generations of Individuals Plants Selection
•Generation of line Selection
•Final Selection
Pedigree Method
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+ Elimination of the undesirable materials from population
+ Pedigree records of all selected plant and families are
maintained, the inheritance studies can carried out.
+/- High degree of genetic purity
- Expensive
- Takes 10 – 12 years
Advantages and disadvantages
Pedigree Method
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•Oldest, Simplest and the cheapest method.
•Its Known as
Population Breeding
Bulk Population method
Bulk Population Breeding
Mass Method
Evolutionary method of breeding
Bulk Population Breeding
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Procedure
The Method involves the following Steps
•Making Crosses
•Raising F1 Generation
•Generations of Bulking
•Generations of Lines Evaluation
•Final Selection and Evaluation
Bulk Population Breeding
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Advantages
•Simple and convenient
•Less labor intensive and less expensive
•Natural selection may increase frequency
of desirable traits
•Handling large quantity of material.
Bulk Population Breeding
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Disadvantages
•The improvement attained is slow.
•Pedigree record not maintained,
•Selecting in off-season may favor
genotypes that are undesirable in the
production region
Bulk Population Breeding
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Comparison of Bulk Method & Pedigree Method
Bulk Method Pedigree Method
Natural Selection Artificial Selection
Low Rate of Improvement High Rate of Improvement
Improvement Long Lasting Improvement not long lasting
Convenient & Less Expensive Most Expensive