Definition of Testcrossed

1. testcross [v] - See also: testcross

Lexicographical Neighbors of Testcrossed

testate
testates
testation
testator
testators
testatour
testatrices
testatrix
testatrixes
testatum
testatums
testbed
testbeds
testbench
testcross
testcrossed (current term)
testcrosses
testcrossing
teste
testectomy
tested
testee
testees
testentry
tester
testeria
testeric
testerical
testerically
testerics

Literary usage of Testcrossed

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Hybrid Rice: Proceedings of the International Symposium on Hybrid Rice : 6 by International Rice Research Institute (1989)
"These are then testcrossed as single plants with the best available CMS lines. These testcross FIs, their corresponding male parents, and best local ..."

2. Hybrid Rice Technology: New Developments and Future Prospects : Selected by Sant S. Virmani, International Rice Research Institute (1994)
"Identification of maintainer and restorer lines Thirty-eight cultivars/lines of very early and early maturity duration were testcrossed as single plants ..."

3. Hybrid Rice for Food Security, Poverty Alleviation, and Environmental Protection by Sant S. Virmani, C. X. Mao, B. Hardy, International Rice Research Institute (2003)
"About 50% of the lines were identified as suspected restorers, which were then testcrossed with CMS lines. Up to 80% of the suspected restorer lines were ..."

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