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Selection Before the Crop Flowers

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... Before the Crop Flowers. Seedling traits. Growth rate ... Days to flowering. Seedling Traits. Vigor. Days to emergence. Damping off resistance. Cold hardiness ... – PowerPoint PPT presentation

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Title: Selection Before the Crop Flowers


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Selection Before the Crop Flowers
  • Seedling traits
  • Growth rate
  • Quality traits
  • Plant stature
  • Days to flowering

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Seedling Traits
  • Vigor
  • Days to emergence
  • Damping off resistance
  • Cold hardiness
  • Early leaf quality traits
  • Baby leaf yield

3
Growth Rate
  • Nutrient scavenging
  • Photosynthetic ability
  • Weed competition
  • Leaf yield

4
Quality Traits
  • Nutritional quality
  • Color
  • Flavor
  • Leaf shape

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Sputnik Arugula
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Stature and Shape
  • Disease avoidance
  • Weed competition / suppression
  • Leaf cover / fruit protection
  • Harvest-ability
  • Root color
  • Root shape

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Scarlet Nantes - Western
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Scarlet Nantes Terra Organica
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Scarlet Nantes Alf Christianson
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Days to Flowering
  • Bolting tolerance
  • Days to first flower
  • Number of flowers

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Crossers Easily Selected Before Flowering
  • Arugula
  • Beet
  • Carrot
  • Chicory
  • Cilantro
  • Leeks
  • Mizuna
  • Onion
  • Orach
  • Radicchio
  • Radish
  • Swiss chard
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