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NATURAL CROSS-FERTILIZATION IN INDIA. 



No. 

 214 



215 



210 



217 



to 



221 



222 



223 



224 



225 



22G 



Parent ear, 1908. 



Progeny, 1900. 



Slightly bearded, chaff felted All (7) chaff variously felted white, 

 red or reddish, grain red. | 1 beardless, grain white. 



3 ,, „ red. 



2 slightly bearded, grain red. 

 1 half bearded ,, ,, 



Do. 



Do. 



do. 



do. 



Beardless, chaff felted, grain 

 red. 



Do 



i;o. 



l:o. 



Do. 



do. 



do. 



do. 



do. 



All (11) chaff variously felted, grain red 



1 beardless, chaff' red. 



1 slightly bearded, chaff white. 



5 ,, „ ,, red. 



4 fully bearded, chaff' red. 



All (5) chaff variously felted, grain red. 



1 lialf bearded, chaff' white. 



2 „ „ „ red. 



2 fully bearded, chaff red. 



In these five cases all the plants were beardless, witli 

 red felted chaff and red grain. They differed in 

 the density of the ear and in the df grec of fellinL'. 



All (9) chaff' felted, grain red. 

 2 slightly bearded, chaff red. 

 2 ,, ,, ,, white. 



4 beardless, chaff red. 



1 ,, „ white. 



All (4) chaff, variously felted. 



2 beardless, chaff red, grain red. 



1 slightly bearded, chaff white, grain white. 

 1 bearded, chaff white, grain red. 



All (4) chaff variously felted, grain red. 

 1 slightly bearded, chaff white. 



3 beardless, chaff reddish. ^ 



All (2) beardless, dense, chaff' red, grain red. 

 1 chaff .smooth. 



1 ,, slightly felted. 



All (12) grain red. 



2 beardless, chaff' felted red 



1 slightly bearded, chaff slightly felted white. 

 1 ,, „ densely ,, „ 



3 , moderately felted red. 

 1 beardless, chaff red smooth. 



4 „ „ slightly felted. 



Five cases of natural crossing in wheat in Bihar have been 

 proved. In 1908, 130 single ear cultures of the wheats of Bengal 

 were sown in the Botanical area at Piisa. Four of these proved 

 to be natural crosses. One of the ears was obtained from a 

 culture which had been grown for a year at Piisa, the other 

 three were grown from ears found in the cultivators' fields in 

 North Bihar. The fifth case of natural crossing occurred at Piisa 



