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Overview of Recurrent Selection Methods

Recurrent Selection is a breeding method aimed at isolating superior inbreds through generation after generation of reselection and intermating. It includes various techniques such as Simple Recurrent Selection, General Combining Ability, Specific Combining Ability, and Reciprocal Recurrent Selection, each with specific applications based on genetic traits. This method enhances the frequency of desirable genes and improves population yield, ultimately leading to the development of hybrid and synthetic varieties.

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Overview of Recurrent Selection Methods

Recurrent Selection is a breeding method aimed at isolating superior inbreds through generation after generation of reselection and intermating. It includes various techniques such as Simple Recurrent Selection, General Combining Ability, Specific Combining Ability, and Reciprocal Recurrent Selection, each with specific applications based on genetic traits. This method enhances the frequency of desirable genes and improves population yield, ultimately leading to the development of hybrid and synthetic varieties.

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Recurrent Selection

Recurrent Selection
• Recurrent Selection is defined as reselection
generation after generation with intermating
of selected plant to produce the population
for the next cycle of selection.
• The idea of this method was to ensure the
isolation of superior inbreds from the
population subjected to recurrent selection.
• First suggested by Hayes and Garber in 1919.
• Independently by East and Jones 1920. In
1945
• Hull suggested that recurrent selection will be
useful in improving specific combining ability.
• It is devised in heterosis breeding, isolation of
superior inbreds from the population and to
utilize them in hybrid and synthetic varieties.
Simple recurrent selection
• In this method a number of desirable plants
are selected and self pollinated. Separate
progeny rows are grown from the selected
plants in next generation. The progenies are
intercrossed in all possible combination by
hand.
• Effective for only traits of high heritability.
Hence only additive gene action is exploited in
the selection.
Procedure of Recurrent Selection
Recurrent selection for General combining
ability
• First suggested by Jenkins in 1935.
• Heterozygous tester ( Tester with broad genetic base i.e., open
pollinated variety or synthetic or segregating generations) is
used for testing GCA for a character.
• Used for improving those characters which are governed by
additive genes.
• More effective with incomplete dominance and less effective
with over dominance.
• Used for increasing the frequency of desirable genes and
improving the yielding ability of the population and the end
product may be released as a variety or the population may be
used for isolating superior inbreds.
Procedure of Recurrent selection for General
combining ability
Recurrent selection for Specific combining
ability
• First suggested by Hull in 1945.
• Homozygous tester ( Tester with narrow genetic base
i.e., inbred) is used for testing SCA for a character.
• Used when a character is governed by non additive
(dominance and epistasis) gene action.
• More effective with over dominance and less effective
with incomplete dominance.
• The objective is to isolate from a population such lines
that will combine well with a given inbred useful for
selecting lines for SCA.
Reciprocal Recurrent Selection
• First proposed by Comstock, Robinson, and Harvey in
1949.
• Useful for selecting both SCA and GCA and for
improving two source population simultaneously.
• 2 heterozygous testers are used as tester. (A & B)
• Equally effective with incomplete, complete and
overdominance
• Governed by both additive and non additive gene action
• To improve heterozygous population A – Heterozygous
population B is used as a tester strain and vice versa
Procedure of Reciprocal Recurrent selection

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