Keynote Address: Physiological Limitations of Productivity
The crop breeder who attempts to increase economic yield potential traditionally proceeds in an empirical fashion. This approach has worked well in the past, but it has its obvious drawbacks. First, it is slow, particularly in the case of tree crops, and, second, the results are not necessarily general. That is to say, the yield of a crop is as much a reflection of its genetic make-up as it is of the environment in which it grew.
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Author(s): C. H. van Bavel
Publication: Tree Improvement and Genetics - Southern Forest Tree Improvement Conference - 1969