June 1, 1925 
Variation in the Kherson Oat 
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Table II .—Inheritance of floret dis¬ 
junction in strains of the Kherson 
oat grown at the Akron Field Station, 
Akron, Colo., in 1921, 1922, and, 
1923 
DATA FOR 1921 
Table II .—Inheritance of floret dis¬ 
junction in strains of the Kherson 
oat grown at the Akron Field Station, 
Akron, Colo., in 1921, 1922, and 
1923 —Continued 
DATA FOR 1922—Continued 
Floret disjunction in progeny 
Floret disjunction 
of parent and 
group number 
Number of 
kernels dis¬ 
joining by— 
All groups- 8 232 3,068 
89.3 
94.0 
88.7 
97.6 
93.1 
87.7 
100.0 
100.0 
91.5 
DATA FOR 1923, 
EXPLANATORY LEGEND FOR PLATE 3 
Spikelet disarticulation, floret disjunction, and basal hairs of Kherson oat 
A. Spikelet disarticulation by fracture, floret disjunction by disarticulation, basal hairs absent 
B. Spikelet disarticulation by semiabscission, floret disjunction by disarticulation, basal hairs abundant 
C. Spikelet disarticulation by semiabscission, floret disjunction by heterofracture, basal hairs few 
