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Tex. Wheat Improv ement * (l) Develop new varieties of 



wheat superior to present varieties and adapted to production 

 of grain and/or forage, in state or introduced variety. 

 (2) Study development of varieties resistant to diseases 

 prevalent in each area as leaf and stem rust, smuts, mildew, 

 septoria, and root rots. Breeding and control studies of 

 rusts will be coordinated with Project 983 and will include 

 wheat grown for forage and grain. (3) Cooperate with 

 Arlington College and regional quality laboratory of USDA to 

 learn quality characteristics of new varieties and strains. 

 Select "best quality strains and learn means of measuring quality 

 characteristics and evaluating strains, (k) Study forage 

 characteristics of varieties and strains and develop varieties 

 suited for winter pasture, hay, or other feed. "Spelt" (non- 

 threshing type) for feed and forage in South Texas will he 

 studied. (5) Learn cold resistance of strains for release. 

 (6)(7) Cooperate with entomologist in search for resistant 

 germ plasm to greehbug attacks, etc. and with states and USDA 

 in regional trials of yield, disease and insect resistance, 

 winter hardiness and development of multiple factor genetic 

 stocks. 



Agron., EL. Physiol., Path. 1033 Coop. ARS 



Va. Development and Selection of Ada p ted Corn Inbreds and 



Hy brids' . To (1) develop and maintain a source of superior 

 germ plasm (inbred lines) adapted to Virginia conditions by 

 inbreeding open-pollinated varieties, combinations of inbred 

 lines, and/or combinations of open-pollinated varieties with 

 inbred lines; (2) develop by combining inbreds developed by 

 the Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station and other 

 experiment stations hybrids which are adapted to growing 

 conditions in Virginia and adapted to planting methods found 

 to be most advantageous; (3) thoroughly test experimental corn 

 hybrids developed by the Virginia Station and others obtained 

 from other experiment Stations with respect to adaptation to 

 Virginia conditions; (k) cooperate with other experiment 

 stations and make available to them seed of any inbred lines or 

 hybrids which have been developed under this project and 

 which they might find of value; and (5) to study and establish 

 relationships that may exist between physical and genetic 

 characteristics of inbred lines and their crosses. 

 Agron., PI. Path. 86c4l 



