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A Study of Quality, as Measured by the Pearling Test, in Crosses between Hard and Soft Wheats 1
Author(s) -
Beard Benjamin H.,
Poehlman J. M.
Publication year - 1954
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/agronj1954.00021962004600050009x
Subject(s) - citation , field (mathematics) , test (biology) , mathematics , quality (philosophy) , horticulture , library science , computer science , philosophy , botany , biology , epistemology , pure mathematics
CROSSES to combine desirable features of Kawvale, a semihard, and Pawnee, a hard red winter wheat, with those of adapted soft red winter varieties have been made at the Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station. Segregates selected from these crosses vary widely in quality. The pearling test has been used as a preliminary screening test to evaluate the hardness of these segregates in an early generation. This study was undertaken to determine (1) the proportion of soft segregates, as measured by the pearling test; (2) if head selections from the segregating generations could be classified for hardness by visual observation of the kernels; and (3) if the pearling test would classify selected strains similarly in successive years.