June 1, 1925 
Variation in the Kherson Oat 
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Table IV .—Inheritance of awns in strains of the Kherson oat grown at the Akron 
Field Station, Akron, Colo., in 1921, 1922, and 1923 
DATA FOR 1921 
Awns in progeny 
Number of kernels having awns 
Percentage of kernels having awns 
group number 
Nontwisted 
Nontwisted 
Absent 
Long 
Short 
Long 
Short 
Twisted: 
4. 
8 
11 
42.1 
57.9 
41 
70.1 
29.9 
8. 
61 
4 
3 
2 
87.1 
5.7 
4.3 
2.9 
12. 
38 
35 
2 
35 
34.6 
31.8 
1.8 
31.8 
14... 
31 
62 
6 
91 
16.3 
32.6 
3.2 
47.9 
15., 
48 
2 
2 
92.3 
3.9 
3.8 
All groups. 
274 
111 
11 
182 
47.4 
19.2 
1.9 
31.5 
6 
46.2 
7.7 
9. 
40 
30 
56.3 
1.4 
42.3 
13_.. 
5 
25 
1 
31 
8.i 
40.3 
1.6 
50.0 
All groups. 
11 
66 
2 
67 
7.5 
45.2 
1.4 
45.9 
9 
2 
75 
10.5 
2.3 
78 
100.0 
6... 
5 
15 
5 
38 
7.9 
23.8 
7.9 
60.4 
132 
4.3 
95.7 
37 
100.0 
3 
j 
38 
7.1 
2.4 
90.5 
All groups. 
8 
31 
7 
398 
1.8 
7.0 
1.6 
89.6 
DATA FOR 1922 
