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Tex. Breeding and Improvement in Sor^iim . To (l) improve upon 



present varieties of sor^um and to develop new and useful 

 varieties through hybridization, backcrossing, and selection; 

 and (2) develop numerous useful strains for practical use of 

 the phenomenon of hybrid vigor in connection with procedures 

 for development of sorghum hybrids being worked out under 

 project 610. 



Agron. 499, Coop. ARS 



Tex. Studies of Hybrid Sorghum Seed Production . To devise a 



practical method or methods of producing hybrid seed of 

 sor^um in commercial quantities. 

 Agron. 610, Coop. ARS 



Wheat 



Idaho Wheat Breeding for Disease Resistance and Quality . To 

 (1) systematically add rust and smut resistance to those 

 wheats widely grown in Idaho which are not being improved by 

 nei^boring states; (2) incorporate a shorter, stronger straw 

 into our better wheats; and (3) conduct preliminary investi- 

 gations in the inheritance of several g^etic unknowns in 

 wheat, particularly quality. 

 Agron. 220, Coop. ARS 



Ind. Soft Winter Wheat Breeding. Genetics, and Pathology . 



(1) Develop highly productive, pastry quality soft winter 

 wheat varieties, adapted to production under high fertility 

 conditions and resistant to weather, disease, and insect 

 hazards. (2) Learn relations and interrelations pf plsint 

 characters with respect to yield and adaptation. (3) Analyse 

 inheritance of plant characters contributing to field performance* 

 (4) resistance to hessian fly and wheat diseases. (5) Evaluate 

 superior sources of and characterize resistance to major diseasep 

 and insects. (6) Provide data on significance, epidemiology, 

 and genetics of virulence of causal organisms. (?) Evaluate 

 chemical and physical methods of disease control. 

 Hot., PI. Path., Agron. 969, Coop. USDA 



