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Hayes and Garber - Cucurbit Breeding

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128 BREEDING CROP PLANTS<br />

WHEAT SELECTIONS<br />

A new winter wheat, Kanred (Jardine, 1917), discovered at<br />

the Kansas Experiment Station as a result of testing out 554<br />

head selections made from Crimean (No. 1,435 of the Office of<br />

Cereal Investigations, United States Department of Agriculture)<br />

is a rather striking example of what may be accomplished by this<br />

method of work. As an average of six years' tests, Kanred yielded<br />

4.6 <strong>and</strong> 5.2 bu. more than Turkey <strong>and</strong> Kharkov respectively.<br />

These varieties gave best results under Kansas conditions until<br />

Kanred was found.<br />

Table XXVII shows a comparison in yield between commercial<br />

varieties <strong>and</strong> selections made from them (Love <strong>and</strong> Craig,<br />

1918a) at the Cornell Station.<br />

TABLE XXVII. THREE-YEAR AVERAGE YIELD PER ACRE OF WINTER WHEAT<br />

VARIETIES AND SELECTIONS MADE FROM THEM<br />

Varietal selections

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