. Genetics in relation to agriculture. Livestock; Heredity; Variation (Biology); Plant breeding. GENETICS IN RELATION TO AGRICULTURE An interesting illustration of what can be accomplished in maize merely by mass selection, when a definite ideal is maintained and seed is selected in the field before harvesting, is found in the Delta Farm \^Tiite Corn shown in Fig. 136. Selection Methods in Breeding Close-pollinated Plants.—The suc- cessful methods of breeding wheat have been reviewed in preceding chapters. Compared with the methods required for corn the work of isolating genotypes in whea
. Genetics in relation to agriculture. Livestock; Heredity; Variation (Biology); Plant breeding. GENETICS IN RELATION TO AGRICULTURE An interesting illustration of what can be accomplished in maize merely by mass selection, when a definite ideal is maintained and seed is selected in the field before harvesting, is found in the Delta Farm \^Tiite Corn shown in Fig. 136. Selection Methods in Breeding Close-pollinated Plants.—The suc- cessful methods of breeding wheat have been reviewed in preceding chapters. Compared with the methods required for corn the work of isolating genotypes in wheat is relatively simple. Most commercial. 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 Babcock, E. B. (Ernest Brown), b. 1877; Clausen, Roy Elwood, 1891-. New York, McGraw-Hill; [etc. , etc. ]
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