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Estimates of heterosis for five agronomic traits in selected winter x spring and winter x winter wheat crosses (Triticum aestivum L. em Thell)

Creator:: Brajcich, P.
Abstract:: Concern regarding the lack of genetic variability and the apparent yield plateau reached in wheat breeding have prompted this investigation. The systematic crossing of spring and winter wheat types which have evolved to form somewhat different gene pools, may provide a source of additional usable genetic variability for future yield...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Influence of phosphorous and lime application on root growth and grain yield of two winter wheat cultivars (Triticum Aestivum, L em thell)

Creator:: Boulger, Mary Caroline
Abstract:: Differential grain yield response of two winter wheat cultivars ('Yamhill' and'McDermid) when grown on acid soils prompted this investigation. Root samples were taken at two soil depths at late tillering and anthesis from plots established on an acid nonpareil soil in Douglas County, Oregon. The soil pH was 5.2-5.3 and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

A study of methods of parental evaluation using testers to predict subsequent progeny performance in winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

Creator:: Alexander, William Larry
Abstract:: The major objective of this study was to determine why certain winter wheat cultivars, when hybridized, will produce a greater proportion of desirable plants in subsequent, segregating generations. Three winter wheat parents were chosen as the experimental material, based on their known performance as parents. Yamhill and Pullman Selection 101...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Influence of different nitrogen and moisture levels on the expression of grain yield and protein content in selected wheat (Triticum aestivum, L. em Thell) and barley (Hordeum vulagre, L. em Lam.) cultivars

Creator:: Gomez-Pando, Luz
Abstract:: This investigation was conducted to provide information regarding 1) the relationship between the nitrogen percentage in the vegetative tissue of wheat and barley at various growth stages with grain protein and 2) to evaluate the possible association between grain yield and grain protein as influenced by different cultivars, nitrogen levels...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Chemically induced male sterility and natural out-crossing in selected wheat cultivars (Triticum aestivum L. em Thell)

Creator:: Ekse, Ali Osman
Abstract:: Three chemicals SD 55446, SD 55447 and WL 84245 were found to induce male sterility in cultivars of wheat or triticale. Both SD 55446 and SD 55447 when applied at a concentration of 0.896 kg/ha resulted in 90% male sterility. However, SD 55447 caused female sterility at the same concentration...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Response of grain yield, plant height and kernel weight in three winter wheat crosses (Triticum aestivum, L. em Thell) to different methods of selection

Creator:: Salmeron-Zamora, Jose Juan
Abstract:: This study was undertaken to see if a method of handling segregating populations could be employed which combined the positive attributes of the traditional pedigree and-bulk methods. Derived F₅ lines from the pedigree, bulk, and what is identified as a modified bulk method, were obtained from three winter wheat crosses....
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Time and duration of growth stages and subsequent grain yield in selected wheat cultivars (Triticum aestivum L. em Thell)

Creator:: Choi, Byung Han
Abstract:: The need to develop a shorter life cycle wheat cultivar which would be more adapted to multiple cropping systems prompted this study. Thus the following information was obtained. Greatest variations in developmental patterns were found in the stem elongation, booting, inflorescence emergence and anthesis for five winter and five spring...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Methods of evaluation, effects of intermating and results of one cycle of S₁ family recurrent selection in barley

Creator:: Mareck, James
Abstract:: The focus of this study was to determine if S₁ family recurrent selection might be successfully used for barley improvement. Objectives were: 1) to identify suitable methods of evaluating grain yield in small plots, 2) to study the effects of intermating on mean values and variances of selected agronomic characters,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Nature of inheritance, genotype-environment interaction and association of selected agronomic characters in crosses of winter X spring wheats (triticum aestivum L. em Thell)

Creator:: Brajcich, P.
Abstract:: This investigation was motivated by the apparent increase in genetic variability resulting from the systematic combining of gene pools represented by winter and spring types of wheats. It was the objective of this study to provide information regarding the nature of this genetic variability for nine agronomic characters in populations...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

A comparison of three systems of phenotypic selection for grain yield in three spring barley populations

Creator:: Hayes, Patrick M.
Abstract:: Concerns regarding the most effective means of evaluating segregating generations of spring barley prompted this investigation. Three methods of selection were considered: bulk, pedigree, and single seed descent. F₆ lines derived by each method were grown in a replicated yield trial. The effectiveness of each method was measured in terms...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Influence of competition on combining ability estimates and subsequent prediction of progeny performance in wheat (Triticum aestivum L. em Thell.)

Creator:: Corral, Leonardo R.
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Inheritance and associations of six agronomic traits and stem-base carbohydrate concentration on ratooning ability in rice (Oryza sativa, L.)

Creator:: Cuevas-Pérez, Federico E.
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Prediction of kernel hardness and grain protein based on the performance of F₃ and F₄ populations derived from ten wheat crosses (Triticum aestivum L. em Thell)

Creator:: Hazar, Necati
Abstract:: Ten wheat crosses (four winter x spring and six winter x winter) involving F₃ and F₄ generations and their respective winter parents were used to determine whether the early generation selection would be effective for kernel hardness and grain protein content. In 1980, twenty individual F₂ plants were selected with...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Potential reciprocal differences for selected traits in six different F₁ wheat populations

Creator:: Stein, Ira Steven
Abstract:: Concerns about the possible reciprocal differences resulting from systematic crossings of winter and spring wheat gene pools prompted this investigation. If traits can be improved by simply reversing the direction of a cross, then identification of the best female parent in a cross would be helpful for breeding programs. Two...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Nature of inheritance and association of time, duration and rate of grain filling and subsequent grain yield in crosses of winter and spring wheats (Triticum aestivum L. em Thell)

Creator:: Choi, Byung Han
Abstract:: The nature of inheritance and possible associations for traits influencing earliness and grain yield were investigated using a four parent diallel of winter and spring wheat cultivars. More genetic variability was observed for the traits measured in segregating populations resulting from crosses between winter and spring type wheats in contrast...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

A comparison of two methods of divergent mass selection for heading date in two winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L. em Thell) crosses

Creator:: Frederickson, Leslie John
Abstract:: Responses to two cycles of mass selection for heading date, followed by selfing or intermating, were studied in two diverse winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L. em. Thell) crosses. Selection was bidirectional, resulting in early and late populations for each mating system, cycle, and cross. The influence of mass selection for...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Assessment of resistance and inheritance to Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus disease (BYDV) in five wheat cultivars (Triticum aestivum L.)

Creator:: Tola, Jaime
Abstract:: Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus (BYDV) is a major disease of wheat. Unfortunately, unlike barley where the Yd2 gene provides adequate levels of resistance, the situation in wheat is more complex. This study was designed to provide information regarding: 1) evaluation of methods of measuring resistance among selected cultivars; 2) identification...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Tissue culture and plant regeneration from immature embryo explants of twenty-two genotypes of barley, Hordeum vulgare L.

Creator:: Goldstein, Cindy S.
Abstract:: Immature embryo explants taken eight days after anthesis were used to establish callus cultures of spring barley. Two types of calli were observed. A soft watery callus which produced a limited number of shoots and a harder yellowish callus that gave rise to numerous green primordia and shoots. Gamborg's B5...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Feasibility of developing bread wheat cultivars with acceptable protein content for non-traditional areas

Creator:: Lorenzo, Ariel
Abstract:: The objective of this investigation was to evaluate the possibility of developing high yielding wheat cultivars whose flour would result in acceptable loaf volumes for non-traditional bread wheat growing areas. Spring wheat germplasm employed included high protein hexaploid derivatives from Triticum dicoccoides, and selections from Argentina with good bread milling...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Possible association between dwarfing genes Rht₁ and Rht₂ and the reaction to Septoria tritici blotch in winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L. em Thell)

Creator:: Baltazar, Baltazar
Abstract:: Four isogenic lines possessing different combinations of height reducing genes Rht₁ and Rht₂ from 'Norin 10' were crossed to a short stature, early maturing, septoria susceptible cultivar identified as the 'Tibet Dwarf'. The isogenic lines originated from the backcross population of 'Itana'/3/'Norin 10'/'Brevor 14'//6*'Itana'. Parents, F₁ and F₂ generations provided...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

The inheritance of stem rust (Puccinia graminis graminicola) resistance in perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne)

Creator:: Rose, Crystal A.
Abstract:: Three stem rust Puccinia graminis graminicola, resistant sources of perennial ryegrass, Lolium perenne, 4A, 48A, and 77A, were crossed in a partial diallel design with one susceptible source, MP-2, resulting in six crosses excluding reciprocals. The F1's and cloned parental populations were inoculated in the field and rated on a...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Identification and development of cultural practices for upland rice production systems for savanna soils of Colombia

Creator:: Leal-M, Dario
Abstract:: A great potential for increasing upland rice production exists in the savanna soils of Colombia. These vast areas are currently underutilized. However, they have good soil structure, flat topography, coupled with sufficient and well distributed rainfall, making savanna soils ideal for upland rice cropping system. The major constraints to upland...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Duration and rate of the grain filling period and subsequent grain yield in crosses between facultative and winter wheat cultivars (Triticum aestivum L. em Thell)

Creator:: Mou, Beiquan
Abstract:: Concerns about the genetic control and environmental influence of various stages of development including the grain filling period, and the relationship between early maturity and grain yield prompted this study. The experimental material consisted of two facultative and two winter wheat cultivars. A dial!el cross, excluding reciprocals, was also developed...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Yield loss assessment in nonprotected winter wheat varieties (Triticum aestivum, L. em Thell)

Creator:: Camacho Casas, Miguel Alfonso
Abstract:: The effects of some soil- and foliar-borne biotic factors on grain yield and the components of yield were evaluated using five winter wheat varieties sown at two dates. Within each planting date, varieties were grown under four different combinations of two soil treatments (fumigation and nonfumigation) and two foliar treatments...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

A comparison of selected analyses for estimating environmental variation in early generations and advanced lines of wheat (Triticum aestivum L. em thell)

Creator:: Khan, Noor-ul Islam
Abstract:: This investigation was motivated by the introduction of the new nearest neighbour analyses which reportedly provided a better control of soil gradients than conventional experimental methods. Three nearest neighbour analyses and six other analyses were compared with the completely randomized design or the randomized complete block design in reducing the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Agronomic performance of six winter wheat dwarfing sources when crossed to isogenic lines for Norin 10 Rht loci

Creator:: Pedretti, Ricardo
Abstract:: Six genetically diverse dwarfing sources of winter wheat were compared to four isogenic lines for the height reducing genes Rht₁ and Rht₂. Parents and generations through the F₃ including backcrosses to the respective parents were analyzed. Seedling response to gibberellic acid and tests for allelism for plant height were employed...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Durum wheat quality and its relation to electrophoretic banding patterns

Creator:: Encinas-Mungarro, Andrés
Abstract:: Physical properties of gluten and pigment content are of primary importance in determining quality in durum wheat (Triticum turqidum L. var. durum). The objective of this investigation was to evaluate the contribution of different -y-gliadin protein subunits in durum wheat pasta quality as measured by the sodium dodecyl sulphate microsedimentation...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Identification and inheritance of factors influencing the rate and duration of grain fill in selected wheat populations, (Triticum aestivum L. em Thell)

Creator:: Chuhe, Chen
Abstract:: To study the grain filling traits in wheat, two winter cultivars and four spring cultivars were selected. The resulting Fl, F2, F3 and backcrosses were tested. The following measurements were made: a) Visual traits for physiological maturity (PM), b) Grain dry weight accumulation, c) Regression models for grain filling period,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Use of combining ability estimates to identify the genetic potential of selected winter parental lines (Triticum aestivum L.em Thell)

Creator:: Masood, Muhammad Shahid
Abstract:: A major factor limiting the efficiency of plant improvement programs is the lack of knowledge as to which parental combinations to make when working with quantitatively inherited traits. The primary objective of this study was to provide information regarding the use of combining ability analysis to predict which cross combinations...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Interrelation of the components of grain yield in a cross between dwarf and semidwarf wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) cultivars

Creator:: Medina, Luis E.
Abstract:: Parents and progeny populations from a cross of 'Stephens'x 'Tibet dwarf' were grown in a spaced-planted experiment to obtain information concerning the nature of inheritance and possible associations between grain yield and the components of yield. Agronomic traits measured on an individual plant basis were: heading date, days to maturity,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

The expression of embryo maturation genes in wheat and the role of abscisic acid

Creator:: Berge-Chandler, Sonja Kay
Abstract:: A set of genes which show developmental and tissue specificity are expressed late in embryo maturation during grain formation in wheat (Triticum aestivum). Two members of this maturation gene set (MGS) are Em and triticin, a 7S globulin. Results presented here show that during embryogenesis, the expression of Em mRNA...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Modifying selected factors to classify levels of resistance or tolerance in wheat to Septoria Tritici Blotch

Creator:: Re, Jose Vicente
Abstract:: Influence of abiotic and biotic factors were examined in selected winter wheats previously identified as representing a range of responses to septoria infection. In the greenhouse two and three inoculations identified resistance when disease severity was assessed either for the top four leaves or the flag leaf respectively. Kernel number...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Inheritance of Septoria leaf blotch resistance and the possible influence of heading date and plant height on the disease expression in a winter wheat cross

Creator:: Camacho Casas, Miguel Alfonso
Abstract:: Parental lines, Fi's and segregating populations (F₂, F₃ and BC's) including reciprocals were evaluated under field conditions to determine if genetic resistance per se exists for Septoria Leaf Blotch in a selected winter wheat cross. The experiment was conducted over a three year period with both natural infection and artificial...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Possible association between grain protein content and yield as influenced by harvest index and biological yield in selected hard red winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) crosses

Creator:: Costa, José María
Abstract:: Grain yield and grain protein are often negatively associated in wheat. When yield increases and grain protein decreases, there can be an adverse effect on the milling and baking quality if the desired end product is bread flour. It has been suggested that this inverse association is the result of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Performance of cultivars, hybrids and composites of winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L. em Thell) grown at three locations

Creator:: Verges, Ruben P.
Abstract:: The objective of this study was to compare three genetically different groups of winter wheat for their grain yield. Experimental material consisted of parental lines grown in pure stands, hybrids, and 1:1 mixtures of the parental combinations. Three sites were employed to evaluate possible interactions between the different groups across...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Evaluating grain yield as influenced by biological yield and harvest index in four winter wheat (Triticum aestivum) crosses involving near-isogenic lines

Creator:: Rahman, Mohammad Moznur
Abstract:: Crosses between four near isogenic lines for height reducing genes Rht₁ and Rht₂ and one agronomically superior dwarf line, including generations through F₃ with reciprocal backcrosses constituted the experimental materials. Mean, range and standard deviation values for eleven traits pertaining to the different generations were obtained. Heterosis and inbreeding depression...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Natural outcrossing in spaced planted F₂ populations and solid seeded advanced generations of wheat (Triticum aestivum L. em Thell)

Creator:: Boinnet, Jerry K. K.
Abstract:: This study was conducted to investigate the possible contamination of foreign pollen at different stages of a wheat breeding program. These included spaced planted F₂ segregating populations, replicated yield trials and seed multiplication. The experimental wheat materials consisted of four different F₂ populations, four cultivars and two experimental lines. Two...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

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