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Association and inheritance of earliness and winterhardiness in four winter x spring wheat crosses (Triticum aestivum Vill., Host)

Creator:: Yakar, Kamil
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to determine the nature and amountof genetic variation and possible associations between winterhardinessand earliness in winter x spring wheat crosses.Four winter wheat cultivars selected for differences in earlinessand winterhardiness were crossed with a nonhardy, day length insensitivespring wheat cultivar. The following year, experiments containing...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Ultrastructural study of the embryo during germination involving douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menseizii Franco) seeds

Creator:: Hsu, Kay Yong-Yong
Abstract:: The seeds of Douglas fir, a representative of the gymnosperm flora, were studied at six stages of germination to discern the structures of food reserves and to study ultrastructural changes occurring during germination in the embryo and resulting seedlings. The materials were fixed in three fixatives, dehydrated with ethanol series,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Influence of population density on light interception and grain yield involving wheat hybrids

Creator:: Ganapathy, Mapangada Chengappa
Abstract:: Six wheat hybrids from two sets of parents and their respective parents were grown at Hyslop Agronomy Farm near Corvallis, Oregon in the year 1965-66. The object of the experiment was to evaluate the influence of population densities and different planting patterns on grain yield and factors which determine grain...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

The influence of plant densities on gene action estimates and associations in seven winter wheat parents and their F₂ progeny

Creator:: Saini, Surinder Kumar
Abstract:: The F₂ progeny from a diallel cross involving seven winter wheat parents along with the parents were grown at the Hyslop Agronomy Farm near Corvallis, Oregon to determine the influence of three plant densities on gene action estimates for yield and its primary components. The plant densities were designed to...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Heritability estimates and associations for protein content and grain yield involving four winter wheat crosses (Triticum aestivum Vill., Host)

Creator:: Solen, Polat
Abstract:: Four agronomically and genetically diverse winter wheat parents were utilized as the experimental organisms. Atlas 66 and NB 68513 were selected as cultivars with a high and stable protein content when grown under different environmental condidtions. They are intermediate for grain yield when grown in the Pacific Northwest. Yamhill and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Evaluation of parental performance for grain yield in two populations of wheat (Triticum aestivum Vill., Host)

Creator:: Alcala de Stefano, Maximino
Abstract:: Six winter wheat cultivars were evaluated for their breeding value in transmitting superior genetic factors for grain yield to subsequent progeny. The cultivars were selected on the basis of their potential grain yield and divided into two populations. Population I was comprised of three cultivars which have been in commercial...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Genotype-environment interaction in winter wheat F₁ progeny

Creator:: Peterson, C. J.
Abstract:: Seven winter wheats were evaluated for plant height, the components of yield and yield in a diallel cross at Pendleton, Oregon and Lind, Washington. An additional parent was added to the diallel cross at Pullman, Washington. Two levels of nitrogen and five replications were utilized at each of the locations....
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Influence of chelating agents on genetic recombination of Zea mays L.

Creator:: Ihrke, Charles Albert
Abstract:: Crossover frequencies for seven selected regions on five chromosomes of maize were measured to ascertain the effect of chelating agents on recombination. Ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid, EDTA, and dimethyl sulfoxide, DMSO, were used in three concentrations singly, and in all combinations. Plants heterozygous for for linked genes governing seed and seedling...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Evaluation of three methods of selection in relation to yield and yield stability in winter wheat (Triticum aestivum Vill., Host)

Creator:: Charoenwatana, Terd, 1937-
Abstract:: The effectiveness of early generation selection for yield and yield stability and the possible identification of superior parental combinations were studied in winter wheat populations representing different levels of genetic diversity. Experimental material for evaluating yield stability consisted of nine bulk and seven modified bulk populations derived from nine parental...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Chemical and genetic evaluation of high lysine and protein in selected barley crosses

Creator:: Helm, James Henry, 1944-
Abstract:: Four agronomically and genetically diverse spring barleys were used in a crossing program to study the inheritance of lysine in barley and to determine its possible association with certain agronomic and morphological characters. The cultivar Hiproly was used as the source of high protein and lysine. Characters measured included plant...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Inheritance of plant height in barley (Hordeum vulgare L. Emed. LAM.)

Creator:: Bayraktar, Ali
Abstract:: Four, six-rowed, spring barley cultivars were used as parental material in this study. The parents were distinctly different in plant height. Washington-6124-62 is a standard height selection while Short Wocus and Minn. 66-102 are intermediate. The fourth parent was a dwarf selection obtained from India. The two intermediate cultivars and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Effect of row spacings, seeding rates and nitrogen fertilizer rates on the agronomic performance of Yamhill and Hysolop wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

Creator:: Chemli, Mohamed
Abstract:: The response of two newly released cultivars of winter wheat when grown under different row spacings, seeding rates and nitrogen levels were investigated. Measurements made included grain yield, tiller number per unit area, plant height, 300 kernel weight, bushel weight and protein content of the grain. Hyslop and Yamhill cultivars...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Evaluation of early generation testing in a diallel cross involving four winter wheat cultivars (Triticum aestivum Vill., host)

Creator:: Daaloul, Abderrazak
Abstract:: Factors which influence the effectiveness of making early generation selections within bulk populations were investigated. Material utilized included the parents, F₁, and F₂ through F₅ bulk populations resulting from a diallel cross. Information concerning the response of two traits, plant height and grain yield, was obtained for these populations at...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Genetic and environmental factors influencing the effectiveness of early generation selection in a diallel cross involving four winter wheat cultivars (Triticum aestivum Vill., host)

Creator:: Daaloul, Abderrazak
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Nitrate reductase activity and inheritance of grain protein in six barley cultivars (Hordeum vulgare L. and Hordeum distichum)

Creator:: Samphantharak, Krisda
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Adaptability of winter wheat cultivars to dryland conditions and their response to water stress

Creator:: Keim, Don Lee
Abstract:: Winter wheat cultivars (Triticum aestivum) were evaluated for their response to water stress and adaptability to a wide range of moisture limited environments. Grain yield was analyzed for ten cultivars at six locations across four years. Regression of the cultivar mean on the year-location mean was used as a measure...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Performance of five winter wheat cultivars when grown in composite and pure stand populations under different environmental stresses

Creator:: Indelen, Erdogan
Abstract:: Five genetically and morphologically different winter wheat cultivars, Hyslop (H), Yamhill (Y), Paha (P), Luke (L), and Sprague (5) were blended in all possible combinations. These composites plus the five pure stands were planted in the fall of 1973 at three environmentally diverse locations in Oregon: Hyslop Agronomy Farm, Corvallis;...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Genetic variability and association between agronomic and quality characteristics in twenty-nine female genotypes of Humulus lupulus L.

Creator:: Roberts, Donald Day
Abstract:: The genetic variability in and association between 14 traits that affect maturity, yield, and chemical properties of its product. The plant characters measured were: vigor, flowering date, harvest date, yield, lateral length, nodes per lateral, cones per lateral, cones per vine, cone weight. Alpha-acid and beta-acid content of the cone,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Combining ability and associations of agronomic traits involving three sources of dwarfism in wheat (Triticum aestivum, L. em Thell)

Creator:: Maya de Leon, Jose Luis
Abstract:: Three genetically different dwarf cultivars of spring wheat were evaluated as potential sources of short stature to use in a wheat improvement program. The study involved a five parent diallel cross which included a semidwarf, a standard height and three dwarf cultivars. The genetic sources of dwarfism included a Norma...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Temperature and moisture effects on stand establishment of seven winter wheat cultivars and selected progeny (Triticum Aestivum, L em thell

Creator:: Conway, Michael Patrick
Abstract:: Laboratory studies were conducted under different temperature and moisture regimes to evaluate the effects of temperature and moisture on stand establishment and seedling characteristics associated with stand establishment. Percent stand and days to 25% emergence were used as indexes of stand establishment. Seedling characteristics analyzed were: shoot length, coleoptile length,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Inheritance and association of earliness and grain yield in four winter x spring wheat crosses (Triticum aestivum L. em Thell.)

Creator:: Firat, Ahmet Ertug
Abstract:: Parental and segregating populations derived from four winter x spring wheat crosses were investigated to obtain information concerning the inheritance and association of earliness, grain yield and yieldrelated traits. Feasibility of selecting in early generations for these characteristics was also evaluated. Four winter wheat cultivars (Hyslop, Yamhill, Bezostaia 1, and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Aluminum toxicity studies in rice (Oryza sativa L.)

Creator:: Martinez-Racines, Cesar P.
Abstract:: A nutrient solution technique developed for wheat was used to determine tolerance of rice cultivars to aluminum (Al) toxicity. Pre-germinated rice seed was placed on top of a screen and allowed to grow on the Al-free solution for 72-96 hours or until the primary root was 2-3 cms long. Seedlings...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Influence of aluminum toxicity in intergeneric crosses of wheat and rye

Creator:: Lopez-Benitez, Alfonso
Abstract:: A technique previously designed to screen wheat cultivars and segregating populations for tolerance to Aluminum utilizing nutrient solutions in growth chambers was found to be efficient in differentiating among cultivars of wheat, rye, and triticale for tolerance to Al under greenhouse conditions. A 5°C increase in temperature, from 25°C to...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Compensating effects and gene action estimates for the components of grain yield in winter wheat (Triticum aestivum, L. em Thell)

Creator:: Abi-Antoun, Michel
Abstract:: Five winter wheat cultivars and their diallel crosses were evaluated for plant height, harvest index, deading-maturity duration, the components of yield, (spikes per plant, spikelets per spike, kernel weight and kernels per spikelet)and total plant yield. Two diverse locations, Moro, a dryland site (250 mm annually) located in central Oregon...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

The effects of tillage systems and seeding dates on grain yields of wheat (Triticum aestivum Vill., Host) on the Anatolian Plateau of Turkey

Creator:: Zinn, Thomas G.
Abstract:: Wheat (Triticum aestivum) is the major food crop produced on the Anatolian Plateau of Turkey where due to limited rainfall the farmers follow the traditional system of fallow farming. They are presently producing an average of 1.15 tons of grain per hectare during the crop year. This rate of production...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

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

Identification, inheritance and association of different dwarfing sources and gibberellic acid insensitivity in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.)

Creator:: Sears, Rollin George
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Nitrate reductase activity in leaves and its relationship to nitrogen yield in four spring barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) cultivars

Creator:: Lovato, Claudio
Resource Type:: Dissertation

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

Heritability estimates and associations of different height levels with aluminum toxicity and grain yield in wheat

Creator:: Camargo, Carlos Eduardo de Oliveira
Resource Type:: Dissertation

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

Competitive effect for grain yield of four cultivars in pure and mixed populations in wheat (Triticum aestivum Vill;, Host)

Creator:: Valencia-Villarreal, Jose Antonio
Abstract:: Concerns regarding maintaining wheat yield per hectare and extending the commercial life expectancy of cultivars grown in the Yaqui Valley of Mexico prompted this investigation. Four genetically diverse spring wheat cultivars were grown in pure stands and in all possible combinations at the Northwest Agricultural Research Center at Ciudad Obregon...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Progeny tests for predicting grain yield and selected agronomic traits in single, three-way, and double crosses in wheat (Triticum aestivum L. em Thell.)

Creator:: Petpisit, Vichien
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Evaluation of four quality factors in a selected winter x spring wheat cross (Triticum aestivum Vill., Host)

Creator:: Schumaker, Karen Sue
Abstract:: The nature of the genetic variation associated with a cross involving winter and spring wheat parents for four quality factors was evaluated. Yamhill, a soft white winter wheat, and Inia 66, a hard red spring wheat, were selected as parents for this study. They represented distinctly different phenotypes for the...
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

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