Definitely worth listening to in the background as you work.
Couple thoughts:
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Open pollination; might be a good rule of thumb that this be the first step in every breeding project. Can’t go backwards after you’re bottlenecked.
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Bulk Selection; Used to quickly acclimate a line to your environment, by letting natural selection drive for the first few generations, and selecting the best individuals to continue from a >F5 generation.
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Single Seed Descent; Decide the maximum number of plants you would like to run, divide by 3, and you have (x).
Take two clones from (x) number of plants in your F2 generation, reverse one of each, and make (x) number of S1 generations.
Grow one seed from every batch of S1s, and take two clones from each and every one of those. Reverse (x) number of clones and make (x) number of S2 generations.
Grow one seed from every batch of S2s, and take two clones from each of those. Reverse one, impregnate the other. Now that you have (x) number of S3s, you’re almost halfway done. Rinse and repeat up until S6 before starting your selections, and progeny testing. If you thought the description was tedious, imagine the practice.
(Need to add more to this)