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research article

Plant breeding: Disease resistant genes of nonagricultural wheat transferred to commercial bread wheat

authors

R. W. Allard, Experiment Station, Davis.

publication information

California Agriculture 3(5):6-16. DOI: 10.3733/ca.v003n05p6. May 1949.

abstract

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Plant breeders developing disease resistant plants by using the sciences of genetics and cytology together may obtain genes controlling disease resistance from hybrids between species—if this is necessary.

author affiliations

R. W. Allard is Assistant Professor of Agron- omy and Assistant Agronomist in the Experiment Station, Davis.