‘UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
BULLETIN No. 754 
_ Contribution 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 ee and a Chi- 
nese Variety ... = 
Third Generation of ihe. Hybrid Dh 234 a 
Summary of the Progeny of Dh 234 .. . 
Third Generation of the Hybrid Dh 237 . 
Crosses between the Two Hybrids Dh 234 
and Dh 237 s s e ° . s s s s e s 
Differencesin Reciprocals , ee aie atti 
Summary of the Inheritance of Waxy En- 
MRPECRTIE Lc or Ae wn eno Wallan 6 os 
Inheritance of Aleurone Color . .. . 
Gametic Composition of. the Two Hybrids 
D234 and’Dh 237. ww ss ke we 
_ Composition in te Macapear Generation of 
the Hybrid Dh eee es @ e 
Composition in oe eal 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 . ... A ey Me 
Summary of the Hybrid Dh 237° at oleate 
Progeny of the Crosses between the Two 
Hybrids Dh 234 and Dh 237 . . 
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Summary of the inheritance of Aleurone 
Color e e ° s ° es e es es s e e e e 
Correlation between Endosperm Texture 
and Aleurone Color . . ..... o 
Method of Measuring Correlations . .. 
Gametic Correlations ia the Two Hybrids 
Dh 234and Dh 237 ....%..2.-. 
Correlation in the Second Generation of 
.the Hybrid Dh 234 . ....42.24-. 
Correlation in the Second Generation of 
the Hybrid Dh 237. 2. ww tw ew ew 
. Correlation in Crosses between the Two 
Hybrids Dh 234and Dh 237 .... . 
Correlation in the Third Generation of the 
Hybrid Dn 234 ence ase he oa 
Correlation in the Third Generation of the 
Hybrid D237. oh a as 
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. . 
Concluslon sys soces ahet eke 
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