II. MAIZE PUBLICATIONS - 1944

Anonymous. Corn facts and figures; a reference book. 45 pp. Corn Ind. Res. Foundation. 1944.

_________. An advancement in hybrid seed corn drying. Seed World 56 (10):44. 1944.

Anderson, E. A variety of maize from the Rio Loa. Ann. Mo. Bot. Gard. 30:469-474. 1943.

_________. Maíz reventador. Ann. Mo. Bot. Gard. 31:301-314. 1944.

_________. Cytological observations on Tripsacum dactyloides. Ann. Mo. Bot. Gard. 31:317-323. 1944.

_________. Homologies of the ear and tassel in Zea mays. Ann. Mo. Bot. Gard. 31:325-342. 1944.

_________. Two collections of prehistoric corn tassels from southern Utah. Ann. Mo. Bot. Gard. 31:345-352. 1944.

_________. The sources of effective germ-plasm in hybrid maize. Ann. Mo. Bot. Gard. 31:355-361. 1944.

_________ and R. H. Barlow. The maize tribute of Montezuma's empire. Ann. Mo. Bot. Gard. 30:413-420. 1943.

Andrew, R. H., R. A. Brink, and N. P. Neal. Some effects of the waxy and sugary genes on endosperm development in maize. Jour. Agr. Res. 69:335-372. 1944.

Arbuthnot, K, D. Strains of the European corn borer in the United States. U.S.D.A. Tech. Bul. 869. 1944.

Barber, G. W. Husk development of sweet corn as affected by moisture supply, an important factor in corn earworm control. Jour. Agr. Res. 68:73-78. 1944.

Bear, R. P. Mutations for waxy and sugary endosperm in inbred lines of dent corn. Jour. Amer. Soc. Agron. 36:89-91. 1944.

Bernstein, L. Amylases and carbohydrates in developing maize endosperm. Amer. Jour. Bot. 30:517-526. 1943.

_________. Hybrid vigor in corn and the mobilization of endosperm reserves. Amer. Jour. Bot. 30:801-809. 1943.

Bigger, J. H. and others. Corn borer numbers increase. Ill. Agr. Exp. Sta. Circ. 576. 1944.

Borgeson, C. Methods of detasseling and yield of hybrid corn. Jour. Amer. Soc. Agron. 35:919-922. 1943.

Bowers, J. L. The effect of spacing and number of plants per hill on the yield of eleven sweet corn varieties. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. Proc. 43:275-277. 1943.

Brooks, J. S. and C. B. Cross. Performance tests of corn varieties and hybrids, 1943. Okla. Agr. Exp. Sta. Bul. 277. 1944.

Cameron, J. Chromosomes of a maize relative, Polytoca macrophylla. Amer. Jour. Bot. 30:776-778. 1943.

Coulter, F. C. The ancestry and history of sweet corn, chiefly Golden Bantam. Seed World 55(4): 8-9. 1944.

Crim, R. F. and others. Maturity ratings of corn hybrids registered for sale in Minnesota in 1943. Minn. Agr. Exp. Sta. Bul. 374. 1943.

Cutler, H. C. Medicine men and the preservation of a relict gene in maize. Jour. Hered. 35:291-294. 1944.

Down, E. E., J. W. Thayer Jr. and E. Vander Meulen. Sarmpling ear corn for moisture determination. Jour. Amer. Soc. Agron. 36:461-463. 1944.

Dungan, G. H. Yield and bushel weight of corn grain as influenced by time of planting. Jour. Amer. Soc. Agron. 36:166-170. 1944.

_________. Yields from single-plant hills vs. multiple-plant hills at the same population of corn plants per acre. Jour. Amer. Soc. Agron. 36:996 (abstract). 1944.

_________ and B. Koehler. Age of seed corn in relation to seed infection and yielding capacity. Jour. Amer. Soc. Agron. 36:436-443. 1944.

_________, J. H. Bigger, A. L. Lang, O. Bolin, and B. Koehler. Illinois hybrid corn tests 1943. Ill. Agr. Exp. Sta. Bul. 500. 1944.

Earley. E. B. and E. E. De Turk. Time and rate of synthesis of phytin in corn grain during the reproductive period. Jour. Amer. Soc. Agron. 36:803-814. 1944.

Eckhardt, R, C., L. R. Farish, and E. A. Curry. New hybrid of sweet corn for the south. Miss. Farm Res. 7:1-3. 1944.

Eldredge, J. C. and P. J. Lyerly. Popcorn in Iowa. Ia. Agr. Exp. Sta. Bul. P54. 1943.

Enzie, W. D. Descriptive and historical study of some yellow sweet corn hybrids. N.Y. State Agr. Exp. Sta. Bul. 705. 1943.

Flint, L. H. Light and the elongation of the mesocotyl in corn. Pl. Phys. 19:537-543. 1944.

Genter, C. F. A study of the inheritance of susceptibility to leaf blight of corn. Ohio State University, Abs. Doctoral Diss., No. 40 pp. 97-107. 1942.

Grafius, J. E. and E. R. Hehn. South Dakota corn performance test, 1943. So. Dak. Agr. Exp. Sta. Circ. 50. 1944.

Hayes, H. K., E. H. Rinke, and Y. S. Tsiang. The development of a synthetic variety of corn from inbred lines. Jour. Amer. Soc. Agron. 36:998-1000 (abstract). 1944.

Hehn, E. R. and J. E. Grafius. 1942 South Dakota hybrid corn yield test. So. Dak. Agr. Exp. Sta. Circ. 45. 1943.

Hendricks, W. A. and J. C. Scholl. Techniques in measuring joint relationships; joint effects of temperature and precipitation on corn yields. No. Car. Agr. Exp. Sta. Tech. Bul. 74. 1943.

Ho. W. Soil inhabiting fungi attacking the roots of maize. Ia. Agr. Exp. Sta. Res. Bul. 332. 1944.

Jones, D. F. Equilibrium in genic materials. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 30:82-87. 1944.

_________. Growth changes in maize endosperm associated with the relocation of chromosome parts. Genetics 29:420-427. 1944.

_________. Better corn crops in 1944. Rural New Yorker 103:274. 1944.

_________. Sweet corn for home gardens. Horticulture 22:152. 1944.

Jugenheimer, R. W., A. L. Clapp, C. D. Davis, and C. R. Porter. Kansas Corn tests, 1943. Kan. Agr. Exp. Sta. Bul. 323. 1944.

Kemp, W. B. and R. G. Rothgeb. Selection and genetic responses in a segregating maize population. Md. Agr. Exp. Sta. Bul. A26. 1943.

Kiesselbach, T. A. Character, field performance and commercial production of waxy corn. Jour. Amer. Soc. Agron. 36:668-682. 1944.

Lonnquist, J. H. and R. W. Jugenheimer. Factors affecting the success of pollination in corn. Jour. Amer. Soc. Agron. 35:923-933. 1943.

McClintock, B. The relation of homozygous deficiencies to mutations and allelic series in maize. Genetics 29:478-502. 1944.

Miles, S. R. Choosing corn hybrids for Indiana. Ind. Agr. Exp. Sta. Bul. 492. 1943.

Moore, R. P., J. A. Rigney, G. K. Middleton, and L. S. Bennett. Official variety tests - 1943. No. Car. Agr. Exp. Sta. Bul. 343. 1944.

Paddick, M. E. Vegetative development of inbred and hybrid maize. Ia. Agr. Exp. Sta. Res. Bul. 331. 1944.

Phinney, B. O. Gene action in tho development of the leaf in Zea mays. Amer. Jour. Bot. 31:4 (abstract). 1944.

Powers, LeRoy. An expansion of Jones's theory for the explanation of heterosis. Amer. Nat. 78:275-280. 1944.

Randolph, L. F., E. C. Abbe, and J. Einset. Comparison of shoot apex and leaf development and structure in diploid and tetraploid maize. Jour. Agr. Res. 69:47-76. 1944.

Reeves, R. G. Chromosome knobs in relation to the origin of maize. Genetics 29:141-147. 1944.

Rhoades, M. M. and A. Carvalho. The function and structure of the parenchyma sheath plastids of the maize leaf. Bul. Torrey Bot. Club 71:335-346. 1944.

Richey, F. D. Maize hybrids susceptible to ear worm. Jour. Hered. 35:327-328. 1944.

_________. The shattered dream of a corn breeder. Jour. Amer. Soc. Agron. 36:267-268. 1944.

Rife, D. C. Mutation in corn pericarp. Ohio Jour. Sci. 44:143-144. 1944.

Robertson, D. W., A. M. Lute, and H. Kroeger. Germination of 20-year-old wheat, oats, barley, corn, rye, sorghum, and soybeans. Jour. Amer. Soc. Agron. 35:786-795. 1944.

Robinson, J. L. and F. Reiss. The 1943 Iowa corn yield test. Ia. Agr. Exp. Sta. Bul. P58. 1944.

Scott, G. C. and R. O. Belkengren. Importance of breeding peas and corn for quality. Food Res. 9:371-376. 1944.

Semeniuk, G. Seedling infection of dent maize by Sclerotium bataticola. Phytopath. 34:838-843. 1944.

Shank, D. B. Top-root ratios of inbred and hybrid maize. Jour. Amer. Soc. Agron. 35:976-987. 1943.

Shollenberger, J. H. and C. M. Jaeger. Corn, its products and uses. U.S.D.A., Bur. Agr. and Indus. Chem., 1943, ACE-121, rev., pp. 47.

Singleton, W. R. Noyes Darling, first maize breeder. Jour. Hered. 35:265-267. 1944.

Stadler, L. J. The effect of x-rays upon dominant mutation in maize. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 30:123-128. 1944.

_________. Gamete selection in corn breeding. Jour. Amer. Soc. Agron. 36:988-989 (abstract). 1944.

Stakman, E. C., M. F. Kernkamp, W. J. Martin, and T. H. King. The inheritance of a white mutant character in Ustilago zeae. Phytopath. 33:943-949. 1943.

Stakman, E. C., M. F. Kernkamp, T. H. King, and W. J. Martin. Genetic factors for mutability and mutant characters in Ustilago zeae. Amer. Jour. Bot. 30:37-48. 1943.

Standen, J. H. Chemical and physical characteristics of maize cobs in relation to the growth of Nigrospora oryzae. Phytopath. 34:315-323. 1944.

Sweet, R. D. and C. B. Raymond. Sweet corn for marketing and processing. Cornell Univ. Agr. Exp. Sta. Ext. Bul. 644. 1944.

Ullstrup, A. J. Diseases of dent corn in the United States. U.S.D.A. Circ. 674. 1943.

_________. Further studies on a species of Helmithosporium parasitizing corn. Phytopath. 34:214-222. 1944.

Wellhausen, E. J. Results of hybrid corn trials in West Virginia for 1942. W. Va. Sta. Mimeo. Circ. 46. 1943.

Whaley, W. G. and A. L. Long. The behavior of excised roots of heterotic hybrids and their inbred parents in culture. Bul. Torrey Bot. Club. 71:267-275. 1944.

Whiting, A. F. Origin of corn: an evaluation of fact and theory. Amer. Anthrop. 46:500-515. 1944.

Wiidakas, W. Hybrid seed corn production. N. Dak. Agr. Exp. Sta. Bimo. Bul. 6:3-4. 1944.

R. L. Cushing
Cornell University