74 APPLICATION OF PRINCIPLES OF HEREDITY TO BREEDING. 



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Mutations, plant, investigations and results 64—65 



Nebraska, University, study of characters of beans 56 



New England, experiments in growing potatoes 31 



Nilsson, experiments in producing new cereals 49 



selection of self -fertilized plants 24-25, 32-3,3 



studies on evolutionary changes in plant breeding 60 



study of effect of location on barley 61-62 



Oats, Chinese, crossing experiments and results 70 



self -fertilized, effect of selection 32-33 



mass selection, effect on yield 34-35 



Oenothera lamarckiana, plant-mutation studies and results 64-65 



Ontario, Guelph, studies in selection of self -fertilized crops 34 



Oregon, cherries, growing seedlings : 54-55 



Ovule, study of fertilization germ of hybrid plants 9-17 



Paramecium, unicellular animal, summary of study on experimental evolution. 26-29 



Pea, garden, crossing two varieties, result 7, 8 



Pearl, Raymond, study of close-fertilized species of plants 30 



Pears, heterozygote species 54 



Place effect, variations in characters 61-62 



Plant breeding. See Breeding, plant. 



Plants, centgener power, result of environmental conditions 35 



characters, correlation 70 



heterozygote 55-58 



latency, causes '. 65-70 



new, possibility 58-59 



non-Mendelian 62-64 



cross-fertilized, individual selection, effect 36-46 



problem of improvement 43-44 



selection and results 53-54 



experimental evolution, studies 26-32 



mutations, investigations and results 64-65 



races, heterozygote, Mendelian analysis 54-55 



vegetatively propagated and self -fertilized 25-26 



self -fertilized, effect of selection 32-36 



individual selection* 35-36 



mass selection 33-34 



methods of selection 33-36 



variegated, study 70 



vegetatively propagated, fluctuating variations due to environment 26-32 



tendency to run out 25-26 



white-margined, study 62-63 



Plymouth Eock, Barred, chickens, mating with Indian Game chickens, results. 14-15 



Pollen, dioecious species of plants, use and results 59 



monoecious species of plants, use and results 59 



study of fertilization germ of hybrid plants 9-17 



Poppy, California, selection and results 61 



Potato, experiments in seed selection 31-32 



Peachblow, long-lived variety 25 



Potatoes, bud sports, characters exhibited 35 



hereditary characteristics and seed selection 30, 31-32 



seedling, lack of hybridization 46 



self -fertilized, mass selection, effect on yield 34 



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