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Vol. XXX, No. 1 
Table VIII .—Data on inheritance of twisted , nontwisted (long and short), and 
absent awns in 9 strains of Burt oat grown at the Akron Field Station and at the 
Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station in 1921 
Awn classes in progeny 
Strain number and awn class in 
Number of kernels with awns— 
Percentage of kernels with awms— 
parent kernels 
Twisted 
Nontwisted 
Absent 
Twisted 
Nontwisted 
Absent 
. 
Long 
Short 
Long 
Short 
AKRON FIELD STATION 
• 
Kansas No. 5020: 
Twisted___ 
91 
20 
11 
19 
64.5 
14.2 
7.8 
13.5 
Nontwisted long. _ _ 
52 
63 
28 
16 
32.7 
39.6 
17.6 
10.1 
Nontwisted short_ 
23 
130 
70 
20 
9.5 
53.5 
28.8 
8.2 
Absent..__ 
' 15 
95 
44 
355 
2.9 
18.7 
8.6 
69.7 
Kansas No. 5211: 
Twisted_ _ 
384 
15 
0 
10 
93.9 
3.7 
0 
2.4 
Nontwisted long_ 
44 
49 
7 
8 
40.7 
45.4 
6.5 
7.4 
Nontwisted short_ 
70 
822 
372 
142 
5.0 
58.5 
26.4 
10.1 
Absent_ 
198 
249 
40 
741 
16.1 
20.3 
3.3 
60.3 
Kansas No. 5220: 
Twisted_ 
5 
1 
0 
1 
71.4 
14.3 
0 
14.3 
Nontwisted long_ ... 
34 
42 
7 
24 
31.8 
39.3 
6.5 
22.4 
Nontwisted short_ 
13 
83 
37 
29 
8.0 
51.2 
22.9 
17.9 
Absent___ 
13 
39 
10 
228 
4.5 
13.4 
3.5 
78.6 
Kansas No. 6004: 
Absent___ 
7 
2 
1 
19 
24.1 
6.9 
3.5 
65.5 
Kansas No. 6052: 
Nontwisted short__ 
29 
33 
3 
12 
37.7 
42.8 
3.9 
15.6 
Absent___ 
28 
12 
10 
211 
10.7 
4.6 
3.8 
80.9 
Kansas No. 6076: 
Twisted___ 
83 
2 
0 
3 
94.3 
2.3 
0 
3.4 
Nontwisted long_ 
0 
58 
23 
0 
0 
71.6 
28.4 
0 
Nontwisted short__ 
0 
42 
75 
2 
0 
35.3 
63.0 
1.7 
Absent__ _ 
67 
25 
16 
141 
26.9 
10.1 
6.4 
56.6 
Kansas No. 6090: 
Twisted_ 
63 
0 
0 
2 
96.9 
0 
0 
3.1 
Nontwisted long_ 
0 
50 
30 
0 
0 
62.5 
37.5 
0 
Nontwisted short__ 
3 
173 
157 
43 
.8 
46.0 
41.8 
11.4 
Absent.___ 
3 
23 
21 
168 
1.4 
10.7 
9.8 
78.1 
Kansas No. 6094: 
Twisted_ 
47 
0 
1 
2 
94.0 
0 
2.0 
4.0 
Nontwisted short__ 
1 
87 
37 
6 
.8 
66.4 
28.2 
4.6 
Absent_ _ __ 
40 
163 
41 
83 
12.2 
49.9 
12.5 
25.4 
All strains: 
Twisted__ 
673 
38 
12 
37 
88.5 
5.0 
1.6 
4.9 
Nontwisted long_ 
130 
262 
95 
48 
24.3 
49.0 
17.7 
9.0 
Nontwisted short_ 
139 
1,370 
751 
254 
5.5 
54.5 
29.9 
10.1 
Absent.__ 
371 
608 
183 
1,946 
11.9 
19.6 
5.9 
62.6 
KANSAS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT . 
STATION 
Kansas No. 5020: 
Twisted_ 
200 
0 
0 
0 
100.0 
0 
0 
0 
Nontwisted long__ ... 
3 
0 
0 
0 
100.0 
0 
0 
0 
Nontwisted short_ 
0 
105 
76 
2 
0 
57.4 
41.5 
1. 1 
Absent___ 
26 
101 
12 
311 
5.8 
22.4 
2.7 
69.1 
Kansas No. 5211: 
Twisted_ 
654 
148 
0 
9 
80.6 
18.3 
0 
1.1 
Nontwisted long__ 
53 
217 
7 
5 
18.8 
76.9 
2.5 
1.8 
Kansas No. 5219: 
Twisted_ 
283 
26 
5 
36 
80.9 
7.4 
1.4 
10.3 
Nontwisted long_ 
204 
911 
75 
13 
17.0 
75.7 
6.2 
1.1 
Nontwisted short_ 
40 
152 
26 
34 
15.9 
60.3 
10.3 
13.5 
Absent... _ 
165 
127 
14 
167 
34.9 
26.8 
3.0 
35.3 
Kansas No. 5220: 
Twisted_ 
119 
50 
2 
6 
67.2 
28.3 
1.1 
3.4 
Nontwisted long_ 
32 
278 
11 
24 
9.3 
80.6 
3.2 
6.9 
Absent_ 
68 
113 
3 
8 
35.4 
58.8 
1.6 
4.2 
Kansas No. 6004: 
Twisted___ 
260 
130 
3 
109 
51.8 
25.9 
.6 
21.7 
Nontwisted long__ 
30 
45 
1 
2 
38.4 
57.7 
1.3 
2.6 
Absent.____ 
3 
59 
0 
91 
1.9 
38.6 
0 
59. 5 
