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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Estimates of genetic variability resulting from single, top, and double cross populations in durum wheat (Triticum turgidum L. var. durum)

Creator:: Abdennadher, Mourad
Abstract:: The success of a plant breeding program depends upon the availability of useable genetic diversity. Such diversity may be enhanced depending on the type of hybridization strategy employed. Segregating progenies resulting from F2 populations, a double cross, and a top cross were compared for the amount of useable genetic diversity...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Nature of the inheritance of gluten strength and carotenoid pigment content in winter by spring and durum wheat crosses (Triticum turgidum L. Var. durum)

Creator:: Ammar, Karim
Abstract:: Durum wheat cultivars for North-Eastern Oregon have to be competitive in terms of their yield potential with soft white winter wheat cultivars and meet strict quality requirements of the milling industry. Combining the high yield potential of fall planted durum wheat cultivars which have an acceptable level of winter hardiness...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Influence of planting density on spike size and grain yield in five winter wheat cultivars

Creator:: Wang, Shi Ping, 1956-
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Kernel hardness, protein, and viscosity as predictors of udon-noodle quality

Creator:: Ruddenklau, Helle G.
Abstract:: The Asian noodle market is responsible for the increased volume of wheat imported to that region in recent years. Soft white wheat produced in the Pacific Northwest is mainly used for baked products, whereas an Australian wheat, Australian Standard White, is preferred for noodles. To enter this market soft white-wheat...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Genetic variability for kernel hardness in two soft winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) cultivators

Creator:: Albahouh, Muhammed S.
Abstract:: To remain competitive in the international marketplace, soft white wheat cultivars grown in the Pacific Northwest must have consistent and predictable flour properties including kernel texture. As a consequence, there is a need to develop wheat cultivars for specific end uses. Wheat cultivars with very soft kernels are used largely...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Possible associations between three procedures to measure noodle starch quality in winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

Creator:: Weight, Chris (Christopher Thompson)
Abstract:: Until recently, the viscoamylograph had been the primary method for measuring starch as it relates to noodle quality in wheat. This method requires a large sample of flour and is time consuming. With the introduction of the rapid visco-analyser (RVA) in 1986 and the more recent flour swelling volume procedure,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Genotype-environment interaction and phenotypic stability of selected winter wheats (Triticum aestivium L. em Thell)

Creator:: Larson, Mark J., 1962-
Abstract:: Extensive research has been devoted to evaluating potential genotype-environment interactions. However, plant breeders are still in need of a simple way to describe how genotypes respond to different locations and years. In an environmentally diverse state like Oregon, significant genotype-environment interactions do occur The resulting lack of association between actual...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Pre-harvest sprouting tolerance of a synthetic hexaploid wheat (Triticum turgidum L. x Aegilops tauschii Coss.)

Creator:: Rosa, Andre Cunha
Abstract:: Pre-harvest sprouting in wheat costs farmers millions of dollars every year. Pre-harvest sprouting tolerance (PST) has minimized this problem, but improvement of PST is still necessary. Synthetic hexaploid wheats (synthetics) have been used as sources of genes coding for many useful traits. Two studies evaluated the PST of a synthetic...
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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