Normal Seeds DefeHiv. 



SIX TYPES OF DEFECTIVE SEEDS 



Figure 14 All seeds in each horizontal row are from the same plant^ There 

 are manv tvpes of defective endosperm in maize, ranging from those which exhibi 

 only a Transparent empty pericarp, to those in . which developme:.t - sh|htly 

 than normal These varying degrees of defectiveness are not the diverse expres 

 st" of the same hereditary character, but each is inherited as an independent unit. 

 Several of theTe defects can be brought together on the same ear, when their d.s- 

 tinctive characteristics are all retained. 



