. Genetics in relation to agriculture. Livestock; Heredity; Variation (Biology); Plant breeding. 328 GENETICS IN RELATION TO AGRICULTURE The Illinois Station experiments have included selection for many other characters of the corn plant in more recent years. One of the most striking results was obtained by selecting for height of ear on the plant. Data on which to base selection were secured by measuring several hundred stalks in the oil and protein plots, noting height of ear above the ground, total height of stalk, apparent number of internodes below the. Fig. •% '97 '93 '99 '00 '01 '
. Genetics in relation to agriculture. Livestock; Heredity; Variation (Biology); Plant breeding. 328 GENETICS IN RELATION TO AGRICULTURE The Illinois Station experiments have included selection for many other characters of the corn plant in more recent years. One of the most striking results was obtained by selecting for height of ear on the plant. Data on which to base selection were secured by measuring several hundred stalks in the oil and protein plots, noting height of ear above the ground, total height of stalk, apparent number of internodes below the. Fig. •% '97 '93 '99 '00 '01 '02 '03 '04 '05 'Oe '07 'OS '09 '10 '11 '12 '13 'U '15 Year of Selection -Two graphs representing the effects of selection for high and low oil content in the Illinois Station corn experiments. (Data from Castle.) ear and number of internodes above the ear. Fig. 135 shows the result of selecting for high and low ears during five generations. Similar results were obtained from selection in the case of position of ear at maturity and total yield. The striking results of these carefully conducted experiments have been cited by various authors as evidence par excellence for the most. 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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