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IN plant breeding, there is a general trend to apply the term “synchrony” to intra-plant variance or inter-tiller variance of a character like ear emergence. Thus, plants with the least intra-plant variance are considered more synchronous. The importance of synchrony of tillering in breeding programmes and the procedure for studying it is not yet well defined. To investigate this topic further I have studied six genetically distinct varieties of spring barley which have been bred in the past with little or no evidence of conscious selection for synchrony.
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PARODA, R. Importance of Synchrony of Ear Emergence in Plant Breeding Programmes. Nature 233, 351–352 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/233351a0
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