UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
BULLETIN No. 754 
Coniribution from the Bureau of Plant Industry 
WM. A. TAYLOR, Chief 
Washington, D. C. 
- PROFESSIONAL PAPER 
June 26, 1919 | 
INHERITANCE OF WAXY ENDOSPERM 
IN MAIZE 
By 
J. H. KEMPTON, Assistant in Crop Acclimatization 
CONTENTS 
Endosperm Texturein Maize’ ..... 
Crosses between the Beers and a Chi- 
- nese Variety ... .. =: 2S eE 
Third Generation of the Hybrid Dh 234 . 
Summary of the Progeny of Dh 234 ... 
Third Generation of the Hybrid Dh 237 . 
Crosses between the Two Hybrids Dh 234 
PUIREEE Bed) in oh a) aisha oi oa) atl ietys 
Differencesin Reciprocals . SE aki 
Summary of the Inheritance of Waxy ae 
dosperm ..-. Sah al tae el permis 
Inheritance of Aleurone eden Siena tents 
Gametic Composition of the ‘Two Hybrids 
TO Coe UNCED G0. ee s'e ie eel ey 6 
Composition in the Second Generation of 
the Hybrid Dh 234 SG! 6:0" 67 are.» 
Composition in the Second Generation of 
the Hybrid Dh 237... . 
Composition in the Third Generation of the 
Hybrid Dh 234... 
Composition in the Third Generation of the 
Hybrid Dh 237 ... ai aoke eli eny « 
Summary of the Hybrid Dh Nd nh Ge ° 
Progeny of the Crosses between the Two 
Hybrids Dh 234 and Dh 237 . . . . 
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Summary of the Inheritance of Aleurone 
Colors aa aye ase aneats ateiet eas ae ee 
Correlation between Endosperm Texture 
and Aleurone Color . . .. . = « e 
Method of Measuring Correlations . : 
Gametic Correlations in the Two Hybrids 
Dh 284.and Dh 237 . . . . « © e 
Correlation in the Second Generation of 
the Hybrid Dh 234 .... 
Correlation in the Second Generation of 
the Hybrid Dh 237 ...... 2... 
Correlation. in Crosses between the Two 
Hybrids Dh 234and Dh 237 .... . 
Correlation in the Third Generation of the 
Hybrid Dh 234 . .....+24+2..-. 
Correlation in the Third Generation of the 
Hybrid Dh 237 . 
Second Generation of the Crosses between 
‘the Two Hybrids Dh 234 and Dh 237. . 
‘Summary of the Correlations between En- 
dosperm Texture and Aleurone Color. . 
Conclusion . 2. + « © © © © 6 
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