Plant Breeding Nomenclature

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From: Sabu <kksabu at rediffmail.com>
To: gramene at gramene.org <gramene at gramene.org>
Cc: jn66 at cornell.edu <jn66 at cornell.edu>; D.BRAR at cgiar.org <D.BRAR at cgiar.org>
Date: Wednesday, November 27, 2002 10:15 PM
Subject: Plant Breeding Nomenclature


>Hi!
>
>I just wonder which nomenclature is correct for the first
>backcross progenies, BC1 or BC1F1.

BC1F1 is more frequently used and in my openion rightly so.

Also when one selfed the backcross progeny like BC1 x BC1, then the
resultant ones would be BC1F1 or BC1S1?


As u r selfing BC1F1, in my perception it should be BC1F2

Sanjeet Kumar
Scientist (genetics)
Indian Institute of Vegetable Research
Varanasi-221 005
India
Thanks
>Sabu
>
>
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