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A Study Of Size Inheritance In Wheat, Peter Nelson
A Study Of Size Inheritance In Wheat, Peter Nelson
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
The results presented in this paper are from data accumulated by a study of the F3 generation of a cross between the two varieties, Sevier and New Zealand wheat. This cross was made during the summer of 1920 by Professor George Stewart with the object of combining the high-yielding power of Sevier with the strong straw of New Zealand. In the fall of 1922 the problem was assigned to me, at which time I selected about 150 superior plants, possessing the desired characteristics, at least so far as appearance was concerned. Since then these plants and the F3 generation have …