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W. Va. Corn Genetics and Breeding* — I, Corn Genetics . To study 

 (l) mode of attack, (2) chromosomal translocations with 

 reference to linkage in chromosome 5 and (3) crossing-over 

 in chromosome 1, in a special translocation stock. 

 Agron. 29, Coop. FES 



irtTis. The Development of Superior Strains of Hybrid Field 



CornT (l) To breed disease resistant, high yielding varieties 

 of field corn adapted to soils and climate of Wisconsin. 

 Agron. 309, Coop. ARS, 



Oats 



Ark. Biology and Control of Certain Important Diseases of 



Oats £ind Wheat in Arkansas , (l) Develop new or better method s 

 of prevention and control of certain important diseases of oats 

 such as crown rust of oats, leaf rust of wheat (old and new 

 races), oat smuts (old and new races), Helminthosporium leaf 

 spot, virus diseases, etc.; (2) identify causal agents and 

 study life cycle and epidemiology of different parasites, 

 •except anthracnose, including identification of different 

 races whenever involved; and (3) breed varieties of oats and 

 wheat resistant to these diseases and otherwise desirable. 

 PI. Path. 324 



Ind. Oat Breeding. Genetics and Pathology , (l) Develop and 



evaluate new varieties of spring and winter oats superior 

 in yielding ability, standing ability, quality, and winter 

 hardiness and resistance to crown rust, stem rust, loose and 

 covered smuts, Helminthosporium bligjits, red leaf, and 

 Septoria black stem diseases. (2) Learn nature of inheritance 

 of morphological and physiological characters and of disease 

 resistance to extent necessary to carry out a breeding program 

 effectively. (3) Learn economic importance, epidemiology, and 

 physiologic specialization of causal organisms of diseases 

 attacking oats. (4) Evaluate resistance of various types 

 from different sources in relation to diseases concerned. 

 Bot., PI. Path., Agron. ,819, Coop. ARS 



Ky. The Nature of Resistance and Susceptibility of Oats to 



Crown and Stem Rust . To determine differential growth 

 requirements of rusts which lead to species and racial 

 specialization. 

 Agron. 169 



