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Plant-Breeding 



DATA SHEET FOR CORN SELECTION 



(Ear-to-Row Method) 

 Mark Dent (+) ; mark Flint (7). 



Choose 10 of the best-looking ears from one row on which to 

 take the following data : 



A field plot planted by the ear-to-row method, saving unused 

 half of each ear for comparison with its progeny. It should 

 contain two or more rows, as space permits, for each student. 

 Each row should contain 50 hills. The rows should be planted 



1 Circumference should be measured at a point about f of the distance 

 from the butt toward the tip. 



