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Sorghum Improvement

John H. Martin

No 373307, USDA Miscellaneous from United States Department of Agriculture

Abstract: [Contents:] New in the United States, Sorghum Is an Ancient Crop with Many Uses (How Sorghums Came to the United States) --- Characteristics of Sorghum and the Leading Varieties Grown in the United States (Experimenting with Foreign Introductions) --- The Chief Objectives in Breeding for Sorghum Improvement (Breeding for Machine Methods of Harvesting) --- The Story of the Development of Improved Sorghum Varieties in the United States (Milo – Milo Continues to Mutate – Development of the Wheatland Variety – A New Variety, Resistant to Root Rot – Kafir – Feterita – Durra – Kaoliang – Miscellaneous Grain Sorghums – Sorgo – Broomcorn) --- A Brief Survey of Sorghum Breeding in Foreign Countries --- Advances Made in the Fundamental Knowledge of Inheritance in Sorghums --- Appendix (Table 1.—Character Inheritance in Sorghum – Table 2.—Sorghum Factors Linked - Table 3.—Distinct Sorghum Factors, Probably Inherited Independently – Investigators Now Carrying on Most of the Sorghum Breeding in the United States – Prominent Sorghum Breeders in Foreign Countries – Table 4.—Improved Varieties of Sorghum Developed by the U. S. Department of Agriculture and State Agricultural Experiment Stations).

Keywords: Crop Production/Industries; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; Research Research Methods/Statistical Methods (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 38
Date: 1936
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.373307

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