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Reaction of Varieties and Selections of Hard Red Winter Wheat to Common Bunt in Uniform Bunt Nurseries, 1955–1962
Author(s) -
Johnston C. O.,
Johnson V. A.
Publication year - 1964
Publication title -
crop science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.76
H-Index - 147
eISSN - 1435-0653
pISSN - 0011-183X
DOI - 10.2135/cropsci1964.0011183x000400050007x
Subject(s) - biology , crop , winter wheat , citation , horticulture , agronomy , agricultural science , library science , computer science
UNIFORM b.unt nurser!es hav,e been grown annually since 1932 in connectmn with the Cooperative Hard Red Winter Wheat (Triticum aestivurn L.) Improvement Program. State agricultural experiment stations of the hard red winter wheat growing area and the Cereal Crops Research Branch, CRD, ARS, USDA, have participated in the cooperative program. Suanmary reports of the results of the bunt investigations have been prepared at irregular intervals, 1932-37 (4), 1938-42 (3), 1943-47 (1), and 1948-54 (2). This summarizes the data recorded during the period 1955-62 inclusive. Varieties and experimental strains totaling 376 have been evaluated since initiation of the nursery in 1932. During the period covered by this report 163 entries, comprising 29 named varieties, 5 selections from named varieties, and 129 unnamed selections from crosses were studied.