Preliminary observation and experiments indicate that certain growth habits of the corn plant in the greenhouse are associated with field performance. The object of the present paper is to present data supporting the theory that certain morphological differences of corn plants may be used as indices of the ability of strains to withstand lodging under field conditions. TECHNIC Certain self-fertilized lines of Minnesota No. ~3, Rustler, and Northwestern Dent, which were being used as parents of F1 and double crosses, were selected on the basis of lodging data, a summary of which is given in Table ~.
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