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The use of ethrel for hand crossing in recurrent selection programs with barley is advocated.
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Verma, M.M., Kumar, J. Ethrel-a male gametocide that can replace the male sterility genes in barley. Euphytica 27, 865–868 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00023727
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