BREEDING CROP PLANTS

Description

Contents

1. Introduction,
2. Plant Genetics,
3. The Mode of Reproduction in Relation to Breeding,
4. Field Plot Technic,
5. Controlling Pollination,
6. Classification and Inheritance in Wheat,
7. Classification and Inheritance of Small Grains Other Than Wheat,
8. Methods of Breeding Small Grains,
9. Some Results of Selection with Self-Fertilized Crops,
10. Some Results of Crossing as a Means of Improving Self-Fertilized Crops,
11. Cowpeas, Soybeans and Velvet Beans,
12. Flax and Tobacco,
13. Cotton and Sorghum,
14. Maize Breeding,
15. Grasses, Clover and Alfalfa,
16. Potato Improvement,
17. Breeding of Vegetables,
18. Fruit Breeding,
19. Farmers’ Methods of Producing Pure Seeds