kousa said: Maurice, is there an instance where inline breeding in daylilies a good strategy?
Depends on what you mean by "inline". If you mean backcross an F1 seedling to one of its parents. Then yes it can be a good strategy. When it is a good strategy will depend on what the goals were when the original cross was made and which of those goals were achieved and to what extent.
Would you say that line breeding for broken colors help to increase the odds of getting a broken color seedling or the odds are better if the seedlings are crossed back to the striped parent?
Broken colour (transposons) and striping are likely to be independent characteristics. When gametes are formed by the broken colour parent the broken colour may often be repaired. Depending on the characteristics present in the striped parent, even if it is not repaired, broken colour may not be visible in the seedlings - it all depends on the parental characteristics. If the seedling did not inherit an active transposon then crossing it to the striped parent cannot change that but only affect striping.
Also, would inline breeding increase the probability of recessive genes expressions?
Please define what you specifically mean by inline breeding. Which recessive genes or what characteristics?
