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Published online 1 March 1959
Published in Agron J 51:178-181 (1959)
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Combining Ability for Seed Characteristics in Bromus Inermis Leyss1

A. K. Nielson and R. R. Kalton2

Synopsis: Extensive variation and segregation for combining ability for seed yield, panicle number, fertility, and seed weight were observed. One generation of inbreeding had no effect on combining ability for seed yield or weight, but decreased fertility somewhat. Panicle number and fertility were the primary components of seed yield, while seed weight was unrelated to these. Heritability of combining ability for fertility and seed weight was relatively high, but only moderate for seed yield and panicle number. Forage and seed yield were positively correlated but predictive value was low.

1 Contribution from the Agronomy Department. Journal Paper No. J-3463 of the Iowa Agr. and Home Econ. Exp. Sta., Ames. Project No. 1333. Part of a thesis submitted by the senior author in partial fulfillment of requirements for the Ph.D. degree.

2 Formerly Graduate Assistant (now Assistant Professor of Agronomy, New Mexico Agricultural Experiment Station, Artesia), and Professor of Farm Crops, Iowa State College, respectively.

Received for publication July 14, 1958.




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