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genetics of hormonal control of sex in s o r g h u m .
This k n o w l e d g e of g e n e s and c y t o p l a s m s influencing
t h e fertility-sterility relationship in sorg
h u m can lead to valuable practical information,
particularly in relation to apomixis as a m e a n s to
t h e vegetative production of hybrid s e e d , and t h e
question of genetic vulnerability in our hybrid s e e d
parents.
J. Roy Quinby, t h r o u g h o u t his w o r k i n g life, has
m a d e contributions to our k n o w l e d g e of grain
s o r g h u m that have and w i l l c o n t i n u e to have a
profound effect on t h e i m p r o v e m e n t of t h e crop in
every location in t h e w o r l d w h e r e s o r g h u m is
g r o w n .
L. R. H o u s e
4 N o v e m b e r 1981
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