Date of Award:

5-1956

Document Type:

Thesis

Degree Name:

Master of Science (MS)

Department:

Plants, Soils, and Climate

Department name when degree awarded

Agronomy

Committee Chair(s)

D. R. McAllister

Committee

D. R. McAllister

Abstract

Distichlis stricts as indicated by the available literature is rather unpalatable, but has the ability to grow vigorously on wet, saline, or alkali soils where more palatable species will not survive. D. stricts can be eradicated quickly where drainage and cultivation can be practices, but there are thousands of acres in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Argentina where cultivation or drainage are impractical or impossible.

On such problem soils, where the majority of the vegetation consists largely of D. stricts, a great deal of benefit would be derived from any improvement in the forage quality of this species.

In such a breeding program it is first necessary to make a careful study of material available and obtain the most desirable strains by selection. This study will be devoted to testing a number of selections to estimated the variability within this species as a preliminary step in attempting to breed a strain of D. stricts with better forage quality.

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