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Resistance to the Hessian Fly in Crosses of Some Common Spring Wheats 1
Author(s) -
Cartwright W. B.,
Shands R. G.
Publication year - 1946
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/agronj1946.00021962003800090010x
Subject(s) - agricultural experiment station , agriculture , library science , mathematics , agronomy , engineering , biology , ecology , computer science
(P. I. i2539o-8). These strains or varieties of common wheat, Triticum vulgare, were found to be resistant to the Hessian fly in a series of greenhouse and field tests during the period 1939-43 at Lafayette, Ind. 4 Of these varieties Triunfo and W38 are the types best adapted to the central part of the United States. A major gene for fly resistance, designated as H3, occurs in W38.5 As the responses

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