In 1941 one plant from a very uniform appearing ear-row of inbred Kys produced a self-pollinated ear segregating approximately 3:1 for lemon yellow and ivory colored kernels. When planted in a germinating bed the yellow seeds produced all green seedlings and the white seeds produced only albinos. In 1942 a row was grown from the yellow segregates and each plant self-pollinated. Of the 20 ears produced, 7 were homozygous yellow and 13 were segregating for yellow and white. Seedlings grown from these segregating ears gave the following totals:

Ten of the 11 exceptional green seedlings from white seeds were successfully transplanted and grown to maturity. Because of unfavorable conditions only five of the attempted self-pollinations were successful, but in every case both yellow and white kernels were produced. It appears probable that a single gene with a dual effect was involved in the original mutation, and that the aberrant seedling types were due to hetero-fertilization.

A. M. Brunson