Author : Herbert Kendall Hayes
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis A Professor's Story of Hybrid Corn by : Herbert Kendall Hayes
Download or read book A Professor's Story of Hybrid Corn written by Herbert Kendall Hayes and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The origin of corn and of corn hybrids; Early studies of shull, East and Hayes; Other early investigations relating to hybrid vigor in corn; Two important contributions of jones; The relation of characters of inbreds to those of their hybrids; The discovery of to methods of prediction; Genetic diversity; General and specific combining ability; Heterosis; Genetics and cytogenetics of corn; Technics in the production of hybrid seed; Breeding methods; Production and distribution of hybrid corn seed; The foundation seed program for open-pedigree hybrids in various states; What of the future.