Mod. 7 Dec 2000
U. S. Department of Agriculture—Bulletin No. 147. (1909)
Suppressed and Intensified Characters in Cotton Hybrids
O. F. Cook

Bionomist, Bureau of Plant Industry

INDEX

Arizona, abundance of cross-fertilizing insects 24
Biotypes, crosses19
Boils, cotton, intensification of characters in hybrids13
Bractlets a primitive character11
     absence in Old World cotton 11
     as stipules 11
     description: 10
     different types of cotton 11
     intensification in hybrids of Egyptian cotton 12-14
     luxuriant growth favorable 11
     Sea Island cotton 12
     suppression in hybrids of Upland cotton 10-12
Bracts, intensification of characters in hybrids13
     nature 11
Buds, cotton, axillary and extra-axillary20
Buttercups, amphibious species20
Calyx, cotton, nature11
Characters, accommodation19, 20
     coherence, lack in Mendelian hybrids 19
         relation to intensification 16-17
     contrasted, behavior 10
     correlations 14, 16, 18
     diversity, showing loss of adjustment 20
     expression, distinction from transmission 19
         influence of external conditions 18, 19
     extraparental, defined 7
         in hybrids 10
     incongruous in degenerate plants 17
     intensified, defined 7
     interparental, defined 7
     kinds 7
     latent 8
     Mendelian, and external conditions 23
     parental, defined 7
     primitive, defined 7
     suppressed, defined 7
         latent 8
     variations influenced by conditions 22
Cluster habit in Mexican cotton22
     variation in Parker cotton 21
Coachella, Cal., experiment18
Conclusions of bulletin23-24
Cotton, Central American20
     development of vegetative branches from axillary buds 20
     Egyptian, habits 19
         hybrids, improvement of lint 14-15
             intensification of bractlets 12-14
     flower, involucre 11
     Kekchi, bractlets 11
         Egyptian hybrids described 15
             production 19
         habits 19
         hybrids, behavior 23
         with McCall 10
     "limbless" nature 22
     McCall, bractlets 11
         hybrids, bebavior 10, 23
     Mexican, behavior 22
         cluster habit 22
         hybrids 13
     Old World, without bractlets 11
     Parker, behavior at Del Rio, Tex 20
     Sea Island, bractlets 12
     seed, green fuzz 8
     Triumph, hybrids 13, 23
     Upland, hybrids, deterioration of lint 14
         suppression of bractlets 10-12
Degeneration of hybrids16, 17
Del Rio, Tex., experiments18, 20-23
Deterioration of hybrids16, 17
Egyptian cotton. See Cotton.
Environment, influence on hybrids17
Falfurrias, Tex., experiments10-12, 18
Greene, E.L., statement22
Heredity, suppression and intensification as phenomena8-10
     transmission and expression 9
Hollyhock, transformation analogous to "limbless" cotton22
Hybrids, behavior23
     cultivation 16
     degeneration 16
     deterioration 17
     Egyptian cotton, intensification of bractlets 12-14
     extreme fertility 17
     instability 16
     intensified, compared with Mendelian hybrids 19
         influence of external conditions 17-19
         possibility of utilizing 15-16
     leaves 13
     Mendelian, comparison 19
     methods of producing 24
     purpose 14
     resemblance to one parent only 17
     Upland cotton, deterioration of lint 14
         suppression of bractlets 10-12
     vigor and fertility 17-18
Intensification a temporary condition15
     by external conditions 22
     examples 13
     in early generations 23
     of bractlets in hybrids of Egyptian cotton 12-14
     lint characters 14
     phenomenon of heredity 8-10
     regularity 15
     relation of coherence of characters 16-17
     utility 15
Introduction to bulletin7-8
Involucre of the cotton flower11
     intensified in hybrids 13
Kearney, T. H., statement18
Kekchi cotton. See Cotton.
Kinsler, J. H., statement23
Leaves of hybrids13
"Limbless" cotton. See Cotton.
Lint, correlation with shape of boll14
     effect of coherence of characters 17
     in Egyptian hybrids, improvement 14-15
     Upland hybrids, deterioration 14
Locks of hybrid cotton bolls numerous13
McCall cotton. See Cotton.
McLachlan, A., statement23
Mendel, experiments10
Mendelian proportions in Kekchi-McCall hybrids23
Mexican cotton. See Cotton.
Nectaries, intensification in hybrids13
Okra, involucre11
Parker cotton. See Cotton.
Peterson, W. A., statement17
Plants and animals, characteristics, influence of external conditions19-23
Potency in hybrids17
Reversions showing lack of adjustment20
Sacaton, Ariz., experiment18
Sea Island cotton. See Cotton.
Seed, cotton, green fuzz8
Sex, differences, inheritance9
Size, intensification in cotton hybrids13
Soils, dry, influence19
Species, elementary, crosses19
Sterility of cotton under new conditions20
Suppression of bractlets in hybrids of Upland cotton10-12
     long lint in hybrids 14
     phenomenon of heredity 8-10
Transmission distinct from expression9
Triumph cotton. See Cotton.
Upland cotton. See Cotton.
Victoria, Tex., experiments22
Vigor, intensification in hybrids13
Yuma, Ariz., experiments13-14, 17-18, 22