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Inheritance of Earliness in Certain Varieties of Spring Wheat 1
Author(s) -
Stephens F. E.
Publication year - 1927
Publication title -
agronomy journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.752
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1435-0645
pISSN - 0002-1962
DOI - 10.2134/agronj1927.00021962001900120002x
Subject(s) - agronomy , spring (device) , inheritance (genetic algorithm) , biology , physics , genetics , gene , thermodynamics
Earliness, or date of maturity, in wheat seems to coincide with other quantitative characters in mode of inheritance. Most of the genetic studies with wheat have dealt with qu~alitative characters rather than with quantitative or physiological differences, although many of the latter are equally important. The present paper is concerned with a study of a quantitative character, the inheritance of earliness in certain varieties of spring wheat. An effort has been made to determine the nature of inheritance of earliness in the varieties used and to observe any correlation that might exist between earliness and other characters.