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      A study of plant color in crested wheatgrass, Agrophron cristatum (L.) Gaertn

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      Date
      1965
      Author
      Fedak, George
      Type
      Thesis
      Degree Level
      Masters
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      Abstract
      Chlorophyll mutants have been noted in many agricultural crops and have proved useful in inheritance studies. There have been few inheritance studies in the wheatgrasses, partly because of a lack of distinctive characters. The presence of grey-green and bright-green spike colors in diploid crested wheatgrass Agropyron cristatum (L.) The frequencies of grey-green and bright-green plants in Fairway-type strains were noted and the inheritance determined from test crosses. An assessment was made to determine if spike color types were related to agronomic worth. This included an appraisal of heterozygous plants for heterosis effects. Preliminary observations were made of differences in chlorophyll pigments of the various color types.
      Degree
      Master of Science (M.Sc.)
      Department
      Crop Science
      Program
      Crop Science
      Copyright Date
      1965
      URI
      http://hdl.handle.net/10388/etd-10212010-152614
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