00969nam a2200205 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001910000180006024500540007826001280013252003530026065000110061365000190062465000210064365000180066465000120068265000210069465000230071565300250073820694242025-01-28 1983 bl uuuu u00u1 u #d1 aBURTON, G. W. aImproving the efficiency of forage-crop breeding. aIn: INTERNATIONAL GRASSLAND CONGRESS, 14., 1981, Lexington. Proceedings... Boulder: Westview Press, 1983. p. 138-140.c1983 aAmong the methods briefly described for forage grasses are recurrent restricted phenotypic selection (RRPS) in Paspalum notatum, a modification of RRPS for Pennisetum americanum, backcrossing procedures to introduce major genes (e.g. the dwarfing gene d2) into P. americanum in two years, and four methods for the production of F1 hybrid varieties. aForage aPlant breeding aCynodon Dactylon aGrama Bermuda aPainço aPaspalum Notatum aPennisetum Glaucum aPensacola bahiagrass