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Variability of the hybrid population can be preserved through generations during the process of rapid generation advance (RGA). Effective selection can be done in an early generation for those traits having high heritability value like growth duration and plant height. But selection is not advantageous for traits having low heritability. Thus, selection for panicle exsertion, cold tolerance at seedling stage and panicle length would not be wise during the early generations. However, in the low temperature areas growth duration and plant height are two important factors which determine varietal suitability. As selection of these two characters are possible through RGA, it should be a standard parctice during RGA to eliminate the plants with long growth duration and select plants with optimum plant height.
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Bardhan Roy, S.K., Pateña, G.F. & Vergara, B.S. Feasibility of selection for traits associated with cold tolerance in rice under rapid generation advance method. Euphytica 31, 25–31 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00028303
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