Maize Genetics And Breeding In The 20th Century

Flowering of maize genetics; relevant genetic milestones in the late 19th and early 20th century; the maize plant; emergence of corn - from a sustainable agriculture to hybrid corn; the Bussey Institute and its role in the development of plant sciences; the legendary school of maize genetics under Emerson; the early maize cytogenetics group - Burnham, Brink, Rhoades, McClintock, Laughnan; the maize breeding group - Russell, Sprague, Hallauer, Brown, Gardner, Zuber; the maize evolution group - Mangelsdorf, Iltis; a later genetics - cytogenetics group - Nelson, Schwartz, Peterson, Robertson; Stock Centre, genetics and pathology - Patterson, Coe, Neuffer, Hooker; the Italian sciences - the development of an understanding of the anthocyanin pathway; the origin of the Allerton maize genetics meetings - the old time religion; the maize community; the maize pedigree tree; legacy of the past; science progress.