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It is shown that, in breeding a clonal crop for several diverse environments, it is probably best to select populations in those environments and exchange clonal material extensively at an early stage. An example is drawn from sugarcane. There is evidence in this crop that selection is rather inefficient and that superior genotypes may occur at higher frequencies than would usually be thought likely.
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Simmonds, N. A note on the strategy of breeding clonal crops. Heredity 53, 397–401 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.1984.96
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