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The Effect of Selection and Inbreeding on the Growth of Big Bluestem (Andropogon Furcatus, Muhl.) 1
Author(s) -
Law Alvin G.,
Anderson Kling L.
Publication year - 1940
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/agronj1940.00021962003200120003x
Subject(s) - citation , selection (genetic algorithm) , sociology , library science , computer science , artificial intelligence
although it is most important in the Flint Hills or bluestem pasture section of eastern Kansas and Oklahoma where, together with A. scot)arius, it constitutes more than half of the total vegetative cover. During the past two decades there has been a continued decline in the carrying capacity of the native grass pastures as a result of over-utilization. This condition, accentuated by the low rainfall of recent years, has focused attention on the native grass species from the standpoint of obtaining superior strains for restoring depleted pastures. In the development of such strains it is essential that the plant breeder possesses a knowledge of the variability and inheritance of the characters with which he must work. To this end studies of A. furcatus were initiated in ~93 5 by the Department of Agronomy of the Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station.