If a recessive trait is selected for...

[leftylogan]

Will it show up in the next generation of plants?

[gobmaters]

Recessive traits are generally not good for developing F1 hybrids because you have to have the recessive condition present in both parent lines to have it show up in the hybrid. However, for breeding open pollinated varieties, recessive traits can be an advantage since they breed true in subsequent generations that are self pollinated. In selecting dominant traits, the next generation can still segregate for the recessive condition if it is heterozygous in the selection you make, and you have to keep growing out the next generation and progeny testing until you get the dominant trait homozygous. Most disease resistance genes are dominant which makes them really useful in making resistant F1 hybrids and in combining multiple disease resistance genes. A lot of the really interesting traits for fruit color, flavor, leaf type, and other plant characteristics are recessive. This can make them more difficult to use in F1 hybrids, but can be an advantage in developing open pollinated varieties.