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Hayes and Garber - Cucurbit Breeding

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CONTENTS<br />

XV<br />

PAGE<br />

Sorghum 178<br />

Origin 178<br />

Classification <strong>and</strong> inheritance 178<br />

Some results of selection 179<br />

Methods of breeding sorghum 179<br />

CHAPTER XIV<br />

MAIZE BREEDING<br />

Origin <strong>and</strong> species 181<br />

Inheritance of characters 183<br />

Endosperm characters ; 183<br />

Plant characters 187<br />

Colors in plant organs 187<br />

Podded condition 189<br />

Auricle <strong>and</strong> ligule 189<br />

Chlorophyll inheritance 190<br />

Some seed <strong>and</strong> ear characters 192<br />

Size characters 192<br />

Chemica composition 193<br />

Corn improvement by the trained plant breeder 196<br />

Relation of ear characters to yield 197<br />

Ear-to-row breeding 198<br />

Home-grown seed 199<br />

Relation between heterozygosis <strong>and</strong> vigor 200<br />

Immediate effect of crossing on size of seed 201<br />

FI varietal crosses 202<br />

Isolation of homozygous strains 205<br />

CHAPTER XV<br />

GRASSES, CLOVER AND ALFALFA<br />

Grasses 207<br />

<strong>Breeding</strong> timothy 210<br />

Clovers 214<br />

Red clover 214<br />

Selection for disease resistant clover 215<br />

Alfalfa 215<br />

Grimm alfalfa <strong>and</strong> winter hardiness 216<br />

CHAPTER XVI<br />

POTATO IMPROVEMENT<br />

Origin <strong>and</strong> species 219<br />

Inheritance 221<br />

Production of new forms 223<br />

The difficulties of obtaining crossed seed 224<br />

Improvement through seedling production 226<br />

Clonal selection . . 228

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