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Trends in broad-sense heritability and predicted selection gains for the coastal short cycle breeding sugarcane programmes in South Africa

Sphamandla SengwayoSouth African Sugarcane Research Institute, Mount Edgecombe, South Africa;Department of Plant Sciences, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa
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Marvellous ZhouSouth African Sugarcane Research Institute, Mount Edgecombe, South Africa;Department of Plant Sciences, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa;University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South AfricaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Maryke LabuschagneDepartment of Plant Sciences, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South AfricaORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0003-0593-2678
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Pages 89-99 | Received 31 Oct 2016, Accepted 22 May 2017, Published online: 31 Oct 2017

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