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Single plants and clonal lines of fifty-six alfalfa clones were compared in a field trial. The error coefficient of variation was much higher for single plants than for clonal lines. Unreplicated single-plant and clonal-line performance were inadequately related. Replicated single-plant performance approached closely the performance of unreplicated clonal lines. Correlation between yield and height was low.
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Fotiadis, N.A. Single plant versus clonal line performance in alfalfa. Euphytica 30, 765–769 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00038806
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