#American #botanist and #geneticist known as the #FatherofHybridCorn (#maize). A leader in develo…

#American #botanist and #geneticist known as the #FatherofHybridCorn (#maize). A leader in developing the #multipleallele concept of #genes, Shull's work with maize led him to develop the first hybrid corn, ancestor of today's #SweetCorn and a boon to commercial #farmers.

Shull's approach was to study the effects of #inbreeding and subsequent #cross-fertilization in corn. In 1909, he published A Pure Line Method of Corn Breedingin which he outlined – with remarkable insight – the basics of breeding hybrid corn. As a result of his researches, corn yields per acre were increased 25 to 50 percent.

He developed a method of corn breeding that made possible the production of #seed capable of thriving under various #soil and #climatic conditions.

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