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APPENDIX

70 RACES OF MAIZE 4 - ANUE ~ TINO 4 - TUSON • _ WHIT£ p~~ (NEPOIITEO} 31 -WHITE ~p : = =!!C:; DENT ~~ .. - f Cuban maize. . . f races o 16 Distributions o FIG. •

CANtLLA APPENDIX 71 ] -~ " I ! / ,...___ I ··~ 00 : I C.RIOLLO ,: I --~------+.------;, L ..... ,-- - .. ·--~,------.._ • I I . ....__ ARGENTINO ... ·~ /~ L . ~·,_H-IT-E -PO_P __ -;-"_ 0 • :11 ~ I ' f . '1 / WHITE OENT . ·~ . • J " ',I ~ ~-- - -.- ,; ---~------,. ·-- .. Fie. 17. Internode patterns. Vertical axis represents length of internodes in centi- meters. Horizontal axis represents number of nodes. Positions of ears are indi- cated by triangles, tassels by circles.

TABLE 15. CHARACTERS OF THE PLANTS -1 - l>O White }' ellow White Pop Pop Dent Canilla Tuscin Criollo Argentino -- -· - - - ---- - ----- -- - -- ·----- - -- -- -- -- -- :\umber of stocks studied 10 \:) 4 H ;) II-! 14 Sample size 99 44 22 41 25 65 36 Height (m.) 1.97 1.90 1.58 2.58 2.60 2.62 2.64 Total number of leaves 12.70 13.10 13.50 14.50 15.20 14.10 13.80 Number of leaves above ear 5.88 5.97 6.82 6.80 6.60 6.50 6.24 Sample size 122 47 22 49 24 79 41 Width leaves (em.) 8.58 9.83 7.88 9.98 11.10 10.96 10.22 Length leaves (em. ) 84.20 80.10 83.30 96.90 103.00 98.50 95.00 Length/width index 9.83 8.20 10.60 9.77 9.29 9.05 9.50 ~ Venation index 3.12 2.55 3.27 2.88 2.77 2.68 2.99 > CJ ~ en TABLE 16. CHARACTERS OF THE TASSELS a "tj White Yellow White ~ Pop Pop Dent Canilla Tus6n Criollo Argentino > :'liumber of stocks studied 10 9 4 9 3 18 14 -N Sample size 118 46 17 45 24 73 41 ~ Length (em.) Tassel 34.20 33.90 33.40 41.70 45.50 42.60 :39.40 Peduncle 14.80 15.00 10.00 20.00 16.00 17.80 17.60 Branching space Length (em. ) 13.80 13.30 11.30 17.60 21.30 17.60 17.50 Per cent 40.00 39.20 35.80 42.70 46.80 41.20 44 .. 50 Branches Number 26.20 35.00 20.10 28.00 41.30 31.20 34.60 Secondary (%) 17.50 32.40 15.40 28.00 33.30 27.60 25.80 Tertiary (%) 0.04 1.56 0.00 1.46 3.57 0.67 0.96 Condensation index 1.07 1.18 1.06 1.13 1.11 1.17 1.23

TABLE 17. ExTERNAL CHARACTERS OF THE EARS White Yellow White Pop Pop Dent Canilla Tus6n Criolla Argentino N um her of stocks studied 10 9 4 9 3 18 14 Sample size 51 3:3 13 38 18 55 28 Number of husks 15.64 16.20 12.04 15.60 14.70 15.60 13.90 Length 6th husk (em. ) 20.50 21.20 20.30 26.90 27.00 25.90 23.50 Length shank ( em. ) 7.02 6.78 8.55 12.80 10.40 10.40 8.80 Sample size 25 30 6 25 25 25 25 Length ear (em. ) 11.40 11.10 11 .00 20.60 18.13 19.01 17.17 Diam. ear ( mm. ) 36.90 30.20 36.80 38.00 52.30 49.46 41.22 Number of row~ 13.70 14.10 10.20 13.40 15.36 14.87 13.04 )... Kernel characters "'':l Length ( mm.) 8.77 8.41 9.70 11.10 12.40 10.99 9.75 ~ Width (mm. ) 7.50 6.10 9.30 7.84 9.29 9.12 8.66 z Thickness ( mm. ) 3.54 3.69 4.45 4.18 3.79 4.13 3.99 t:::l Denting 0.00 0.00 170 2.50 3.10 1.20 0.00 ..... Striations, rows 10.40 3.80 2.30 2.00 2.20 2.60 7.00 ~ c2

--1 TABLE 18. INTEIINAL CHARACTEIIS OF THE EAIIS """ White l' ellow White Pop Pop Dent Canilla Tuson Criollo Argentino Number of stocks studied 10 9 4 9 :3 18 14 Sample size 25 30 6 25 25 25 25 Diam. ear ( mm. ) 36.90 30.20 36.80 38.00 52.30 49.46 41.22 Diam. cob ( mm.) 26.90 20.50 22.40 23.20 .'32.58 33.55 28.75 Diam. rachis ( mm. ) 14.40 10.30 12.70 11.32 20.75 20.14 17.01 Diam. pith ( mm.) 7.40 5.60 6.80 7.33 12.02 11.10 9.50 Thickness of schlerenchyma zone ( mm. ) 3.36 2.30 2.93 1.95 4.37 4.53 :3.75 !l:l Diam. shank ( mm. ) 10.60 9.60 11.60 ll.41 15.23 15.76 13.40 ~ Kernel length ( mm.) 8.80 8.40 9.70 11.07 12.36 10.99 9.75 (J t::l Rachilla length ( mm.) 2.57 1.58 2.38 2.62 3.43 3.17 2.41 c.n Glume length ( mm. ) 6.25 5.08 4.86 5.92 6.43 6.72 5.87 0 Cupule width ( mm.) 4.78 3.16 5.58 3.99 5.69 5.24 5.61 "l'j Cupule height ( mm.) 0.58 0.81 0.30 1.71 0.77 0.81 0.82 Cupule depth ( mm. ) 1.12 0.84 1.38 1.03 0.91 1.04 0.99 :::: Rachis flap length ( mm. ) 1.31 0.83 1.35 0.94 1.79 2.17 1.7i ~ -Indices N Ear length/ rachis 8.05 11.40 8.81 18.65 8.82 9.55 10.22 ~ Cob/ rachis 1.89 2.04 1.78 2.08 1.62 1.67 1.70 Glume/ kemel 0.72 0.61 0.50 0.54 0.52 0.62 0.60 Rachilla/ keme I 0.30 0.19 0.24 0.21 0.28 0.29 0.2.'5 Rachilla/ glume 0.41 0.31 0.49 0.38 0.53 0.47 0.41 Cupule width/ height 8.25 3.90 18.60 2.33 7.37 6.44 6.8.'5

TABLE 19. PHYSIOLOGICAL, CYTOLOGICAL, AND GENETIC CHARACTERS White Yellow White Pop Pop Dent Canilla Tuson - :-.iumber of stocks studied 10 9 5 8 3 Sample size 142 .'50 26 46 32 Color U!C) 2.54 1.68 1.56 2.36 Pilosity 1.62 4.39 1.73 1.85 2.52 Rust 1.80 2.61 2.15 2.38 2.28 Maturity Knobs 58 56 61 61 61 Plants studied 2 3 2 5 4 Range - 8-11 6-8 5-9 5-7 Average number 6.0 9.7 7.0 7.0 6.0 Midcob color (%) not studied 32.2 35.6 Pericarp color ( P'w ) ( 'fr ) not studied 27.6 27.8 Glume color (%) not studied 51.3 41.5 Lemma color (%) not studied 3.3 1.0 Sample size not studied 152 306 - - ·-·--- CrioUo 18 82 2.04 2.06 2.64 61 5 6-7 6.8 34.4 18.2 50.3 3.0 428 Argentino 14 46 1.75 1.95 2.57 59 7 6-9 7.0 28.6 13.3 19.0 1.0 105 ·--- - -- )... "tl ~ :<: t::::l ....... ><: -1 CJl

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