. Breeding crop plants. Plant breeding. vim^. wSk-i Fig. 26. -Variation in stiffness of straw in pure line selections of Fultz wheat. (After C. G. Williams.) OAT SELECTIONS The Maine Experiment Station has made somewhat extensive studies of pure lines in oats (Surface and Zinn, 1916). The yields of commercial varieties were compared with that of their respective pure-line selections. In Table XXVIII are given a part of the data reported in Maine Agricultural Bulletin 250. The average of the seven pure lines of Banner for the entire period of the test is 81 bu. per acre, while that of the comme


. Breeding crop plants. Plant breeding. vim^. wSk-i Fig. 26. -Variation in stiffness of straw in pure line selections of Fultz wheat. (After C. G. Williams.) OAT SELECTIONS The Maine Experiment Station has made somewhat extensive studies of pure lines in oats (Surface and Zinn, 1916). The yields of commercial varieties were compared with that of their respective pure-line selections. In Table XXVIII are given a part of the data reported in Maine Agricultural Bulletin 250. The average of the seven pure lines of Banner for the entire period of the test is 81 bu. per acre, while that of the commercial Banner is bu. The average difference for the period of the test between commercial Irish Victor and the four pure lines is nearly 6 bu. per Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hayes, Herbert Kendall, b. 1884; Garber, Ralph John, b. 1890. New York [etc. ] : McGraw-Hill book company, inc.


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