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Screening 800 F 2 Wheat Plants for Sedimentation Value in Eight Hours 1
Author(s) -
Fasoulas A.,
Papathanasiou G. A.,
Goulas C. K.
Publication year - 1972
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/cropsci1972.0011183x001200040016x
Subject(s) - biology , reagent , sedimentation , value (mathematics) , agronomy , mathematics , horticulture , statistics , chemistry , paleontology , sediment
A rapid microsedimentation test is proposed that enables wheat breeders to evaluate very small wheat ( Triticum aestivum L.) flour samples of 0.16 g simply, rapidly, and accurately. In eight hours 400 duplicate or 800 individual F 2 plant samples were tested by a team of four while a further increase to 600 duplicate samples may be possible. Pickney's modification of the original test procedure was reduced to micro scale. Changes were also made in milling procedure and reagent ratio. Twentyfour samples were analyzed simultaneously. A high positive correlation exists between result of this test and those of Pickney's modification.