Studies of Quality in Canning Corn¹

A Practical Method for Quantitative Evaluation of Texture in Sweet Corn Inbreds and Hybrids1

“…Doxtator (9) observed no significant difference between the thickness of the pericarp of inbred lines derived from a single variety of Golden Bantam. Bailey (s), working with inbreds of several different varieties of sweet corn, found significant differences in thickness of the pericarps.…”

“…Metzger (r6) in a study of the effect of nutrition on the texture of corn found no significant differences of texture at various levels of fertility. Doxtator (9), studying certain inbred lines of Golden Bantam and their hybrids, found that tender inbreds combined to give relatively tender hybrids. Andrew, Brink, and Neal (r) in a study of the genetics of tenderness found that the puncture resistance of sugary-waxy female pericarp tissue was significantly increased by pollination with starchy-waxy and starchynonwaxy pollen.…”