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Pesq Agrop Brasileira 53:453-463. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0100-204X2
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gress in 45 years of irrigated rice breeding in Southern Brazil. Crop Sci
58(3):1094-1105. https://doi.org/10.2135/cropsci2017.06.0383

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N, Dharmateja P, Prasad R (2021) Genetic gain in yield and associated
changes in agronomic traits in wheat cultivars developed between
1900 and 2016 for irrigated ecosystems of northwestern plain zone of
India. Front Plant Sci 12:1957. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2021.719394

Zeleke BZ, Dejene T, Worede F (2021) Genetic gain in yield and yield attributing traits of rice under upland ecosystem of Fogera, Northwest Ethiopia. Black Sea J Agric. https://doi.org/10.47115/bsagriculture.639422

Zhou X-Q, Chen D-G, Guo J, Chen P-L, Li L-J, Chen K, Chen Y-D, Liu C-G, Zhang Z-M (2021) Genetic improvement of grain quality traits in indica inbred rice cultivars developed in South China during 1956-2020. Euphytica 218(1):8. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10681-021-02953-2

Zhu G, Peng S, Huang J, Cui K, Nie L, Wang F (2016) Genetic improvements in rice yield and concomitant increases in radiation- and nitrogen-use efficiency in middle reaches of Yangtze River. Sci Rep 6(1):21049. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep21049

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