. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. ,,„ BULLETIN No. 754 ^, ^• vjSi^ Cnntrihiitinn frnm the Ttiir(>nii nf Plant IndustrT Contribution from the Bureau of Plant Industry WM. A. TAYLOR, Chief. jrL^*^<-r<* Washington, D. C. PROFESSIONAL PAPER June 26, 1919 INHERITANCE OF WAXY ENDOSPERM IN MAIZE. By J. H. Kempton, Assistant in Crop Acclimatization. CONTENTS. Endosperm texture in maize 1 Crosses between the Algeria and a Chinese variety 3 Third generation of the hybrid Dh 234 10 Svunmary of the progeny of Dh 234 17 Third generation of the hybrid Dh
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. ,,„ BULLETIN No. 754 ^, ^• vjSi^ Cnntrihiitinn frnm the Ttiir(>nii nf Plant IndustrT Contribution from the Bureau of Plant Industry WM. A. TAYLOR, Chief. jrL^*^<-r<* Washington, D. C. PROFESSIONAL PAPER June 26, 1919 INHERITANCE OF WAXY ENDOSPERM IN MAIZE. By J. H. Kempton, Assistant in Crop Acclimatization. CONTENTS. Endosperm texture in maize 1 Crosses between the Algeria and a Chinese variety 3 Third generation of the hybrid Dh 234 10 Svunmary of the progeny of Dh 234 17 Third generation of the hybrid Dh 237 17 Crosses between the two hybrids Dh 234 and Dh237 21 Differences in reciprocals 27 Summary of the inheritance of waxy endo- sperm 29 Inheritance of aleurone color 30 Gametic composition of the two hybrids Dh 234 and Dh 237 32 Composition in the second generation of the hybrid Dh 234 34 Composition in the second generation of the hybrid Dh 237 36 Composition in the third generation of the hybrid Dh 234 39 Composition in the third generation of the hybrid Dh 237 46 Summary of the hybrid Dh 237 SO Progeny of the crosses between the two hy- brids Dh 234 and Dh 237 50 Summary of the inheritance of aleurone color 61 Correlation between endosperm texture and aleurone color 65 Method of measuring correlations 67 Gametic correlations in the two hybrids Dh 234 and Dh 237 68 Correlation in the second generation of the hybrid Dh 234 69 Correlation in the second generation of the hybrid Dh 237 70 Correlation in crosses between the two hy- brids Dh 234 and Dh 237 : 73 Correlation in the third generation of the hybrid Dh 234 75 Correlation in the third generation of the hybrid Dh 237 78 Second generation of the crosses between the two hybrids Dh 234 and Dh 237 88 Summary of the correlation between endo- sperm texture and aleurone color 95 Conclusion 97 Literature cited 99 ENDOSPERM TEXTURE IN MAIZE. In 1908 Mr. G. N. Collins found in a variety of maize imported from China a new typ
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