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Agronomic and Quality Characteristics of Awned and Awnleted Populations of Spring Wheat 1
Author(s) -
McNeal F. H.,
Baldridge D. E.,
Berg M. A.
Publication year - 1969
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/cropsci1969.0011183x000900030025x
Subject(s) - farinograph , biology , population , yield (engineering) , spring (device) , test weight , mathematics , horticulture , grain yield , agronomy , botany , absorption of water , demography , physics , sociology , thermodynamics
Awned and awnleted populations of spring wheat, Triticum aestivum L. em. Thell., derived by compositing seed from F 2 plants and F 3 lines classified as homozygous awned and homozygous awnleted, were compared for agronomic and quality performance at two locations. The awned population had heavier kernels and test weight at both locations and a 7% higher yield at one location. The awnleted population headed earlier and had more culms and more spikelets per head. Quality data showed the awnleted population superior in flour yield, loaf volume, farinograph stability, and farinograph valorimeter. The value of closely related populations for evaluating the effect of simply inherited characters is discussed.