Definition of Testcrossing

1. testcross [v] - See also: testcross

Lexicographical Neighbors of Testcrossing

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

Literary usage of Testcrossing

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)
"... using primitive types as cytoplasmic sources and advanced breeding lines as nuclear sources. 2. Screening elite varieties or lines by testcrossing ..."

2. Rice Genetics II: Proceedings of the Second International Rice Genetics by International Rice Research Institute (1991)
"The MS nature of this group could not be identified because the numbers were not enough for testcrossing. Mutant 54257 belonged to the second group. ..."

3. Hybrid Rice Technology: New Developments and Future Prospects : Selected by Sant S. Virmani, International Rice Research Institute (1994)
"... gene(s) in parental lines requires testcrossing with indica/japonica testers to confirm the presence of the WC gene, the breeding procedure becomes ..."

4. Hybrid Rice for Food Security, Poverty Alleviation, and Environmental Protection by Sant S. Virmani, C. X. Mao, B. Hardy, International Rice Research Institute (2003)
"... was screened out through the direct testcrossing method. The first rice hybrid developed by Professor Yuan, Nanyou 2, was released in 1974 and showed ..."

5. Two-line Hybrid Rice Breeding Manual by Sant S. Virmani (2003)
"Screening available elite inbred lines by testcrossing with available EGMS lines This is the most effective method to screen for suitable pollen parents ..."

6. Molecular Markers in Plant Genome Analysis: Sponsored CRIS/ICAR Projects and by Andrew Kalinski (1995)
"ID: flint-maize, testcrossing-, CC: F200; F400; F600 AB: The dissection of quantitative traits into their underlying Mendelian factors has become possible ..."

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