Hybridizing wheat and emmer . /^s-i^ Fig. 3. Heads of parent plants with ¥?, cross,1252 X Pride of A F-, Y Black Winter Emmer. of ;:^econcL Generation Ihe grain of the I plants was sown and the Fg 1 ^ plants grown and harvested separately. The results asthey Gome out in the individual plants are very confusingbut some characters could be studied very inheritance of the color in the glumes comes out ina very good Mendelian ratio of 3:1, the actual numbers be-ing 179 black; 53 white. In the blacks were included allshades and degrees of blackness

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Hybridizing wheat and emmer . /^s-i^ Fig. 3. Heads of parent plants with ¥?, cross,1252 X Pride of A F-, Y Black Winter Emmer. of ;:^econcL Generation Ihe grain of the I plants was sown and the Fg 1 ^ plants grown and harvested separately. The results asthey Gome out in the individual plants are very confusingbut some characters could be studied very inheritance of the color in the glumes comes out ina very good Mendelian ratio of 3:1, the actual numbers be-ing 179 black; 53 white. In the blacks were included allshades and degrees of blackness from the color of emmerto the slightest indication of the presence of a color shades could be found in every cross where there weresufficient numbers. The bearded character gave 87 bearded; 90 intermediate64 beardless. If the bearded and intermediates are groupedtogether 177 bearded : 64 intermediates or a 3:1 ratio\ butno indication as to dominance of beardlessness over bearded-ness. The velveting character was

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