Forging his own path: William Jasper Spillman and progressive era breeding and genetics

Agricultural History

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 50-73

  Carlson, Laurie ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL HISTORY; AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; GENETICS; PLANT BREEDING; WHEAT;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 12944289482     PISSN: 00021482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/ah.2005.79.1.50     Document Type: Article

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46. William I Spillman, "Mendelian Phenomena Without De Vriesian Theory," American Naturalist 44 (Apr. 1910), 214-28.
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57. Ibid., 15;
58. William J. Spillman, Balancing the Farm Output: A Statement of the Present Deplorable Conditions of Farming, its Causes and Suggested Remedies (New York: Orange Judd Publishing, 1927)
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