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Selection or the discrimination among variability is the most fundamental of techniques used by plant breeders throughout the ages. In some cases, individual plants are the units of selection; in other cases, a large number of plants are chosen and advanced in the breeding program. With time, various strategies (breeding schemes) have been developed for selection in breeding programs.