xviii, 438p., B/W Illus., Figs., Tables, Index, 23 cm.
CONTENTS
CONTENTS:- Preface to Second Edition; Preface to First Edition; Introduction; Plant Genetics; Biometrical Methods; Field-Plot Technic; The Mode of Reproduction in Relation to Breeding; Controlling Pollination; Some Results Selection with Self-Fertilized Crops; Some Results of Crossing as a Means of Improving Self-Fertilized Crops; Methods of Breeding Small Grains; Classification and Inheritance in Wheat; Classification and Inheritance of Small Grains other then Wheat; Cowpeas, Soybeans and Velvet Beans; Flax and Tobacco; Cotton and Sorghum; Inheritance in Maize; Maize Breeding; Grasses, Clover and Alfalfa; Potato, Improvement; Breeding of Vegetables; Fruit Breeding; Farmers' Methods of Producing Pure Seeds; Definitions Literature Citations;
