The National Potato-Breeding Program, 1947 (Classic Reprint)

Angebote / Angebote:

Excerpt from The National Potato-Breeding Program, 1947About h0, 000 seedlings were grown in 3-inch pots in the greenhouse at Beltsvillein'l9h7. Thesefwill'be distributed to various cooperators for the tests that they are especially interested in. These seedlings represented 126 crosses and 30 selfed lines. The characters involved in these crosses and| selfed lines are maturity, yield, depth'of eye, tuber shape, adaptability, dry matter content, russet skin, fand resistance to viruses a, ~x and'y, leaf'roll, late blight, scab, ring rot, -hopperburn, and aphid injury. Self-fertile parents that carry these characters are now available so that the production of any new combination is simplified.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.