4 BULLETIN 754, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
TABLE I.—IJnheritance of endosperm texture in 96 ears of maize, the progeny of 
the twe hybrids Dh 234 and Dh 237. 
{Lines bracketed together in pairs indicate ears borne on the same plant; ears selected for planting are 
designated by an asterisk (*).] 
Hyprip DH 234, CHINESE VARIETY X ALGERIA. 
Pedigree No. of— Number of seeds. 
i Percent- 
Self-pol Expected| Devia De TEM Nene 
elf-pol- r uxpecte evila- waxy. 
Progeny ear. linated ¢. Total. | Waxy. waxy. tion. me 
1 2 3 4 5 6 q 8 
657 160 164 — 4 0.5 24.3 
599 167 149 18 2.5 28.2 
533 146 133 13 1.9 27.3 
517 129 IAS) Ngee a Rae a 24.9 
272 80 68 12 1.4 29.4 
573 136 143 — 7 1.0 23.7 
609 161 152 9 1.2 26.4 
690 182 172 10 1.3 26:3 
691 183 172 11 1.4 26.4 
402 -~ 86 100 — 14 2.3 21.3 
: TA5 204 186 18 2.2 27.5 
iT Lee AN RE ORAL Sis cooboe TAT 165 186 — 21 2.6 22.2 
733 201 183 18 DD 27.4 
643 181 160 21 2.8 28.1 
428 120 107 13 2.1 28.0 
508 137 127 10 1.5 27.9 
322 83 80 3 5 26.0 
564 137 141 = 4 25 24.2 
623 137 155 — 18 2.4 21.9 
414 107 103 4 6 25.8 
655 145 163 — 18 2.4 22.1 
687 152 172 — 20 2.6 22.5 
555 139 nee) ere i [ee 5. 25.0 
510 110 127 2217 2.6 21.5 
605 143 151 = 8 1.1 23.8 
275 63 69 — 6 9 22.9 
571 119 143 — 24 3.4 20.8 
773 166 193 — 2% 3.3 21.5 
212 45 53 — 8 1.9 21.3 
522 140 130 10 1.5 26.8 
614 143 153 — 10 1.4 23.3 
334 71 83 — 12 2.3 919 
676 133 169 — 36 4.7 19.7 
659 149 165 — 16 2.1 22.6 
ee geek ae Es Ble Oe Co anal WPM seccsce 707 151 177 — 26 3.4 21.4 
1533 ae A I eee Sis obec 679 154 170 — 16 2.1 22.7 
SY aes eee a eee ee domaees 492 107 | 123] —16 2.5 21.7 
TERS Sigel ees A ike ep RH! WD ogoeee 440 100 110 — 10 1.6 22.7 
725 172 181 — 9 1.1 23.7 
592 136 148 — 12 67 22.9 
609 150 152 — 2 38 24.6 
626 146 156 — 10 1.4 23.3 
679 162 170 — 18 2.4 22.4 
631 169 158 1 all 25.2 
515 120 129 — 9 1.4 23.3 
570 119 142 — 33 4.7 20.9 
491 18 | e123 —12 1.9 22.6 
417 101 104 = 8 25 24.2 
800 205 200 5 il 25.0 
633 140 158 —18 2.5 2 
607 146 152 — 6 8 24.0 
479 118 120 — 2 3 24.6 
383 79 96 —17 3.0 20.6 
578 123 144 == Ml 3.0 21.2 
Opals Se eee MUL aie ah BBEe 30, 571 7,309 7, 643 —334 7.5 23.9 
