Donald F. Jones
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Donald Forsha Jones | |
Donald Forsha Jones
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Born | 16 Apr 1890 |
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Died | 19 Jun 1963 |
Nationality | United States |
Fields | genetics |
Institutions | Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven |
Donald Forsha Jones was a United States maize geneticist and practical corn breeder at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven. Beginning at the station in 1914, he made high-yielding hybrid corn practical by his invention of the double-cross hybrid.[1]
In Jones' method, four inbred corn lines are used. The seed from two initial crosses are used to grow up parental hybrids for the production fields. The production fields yield seed in sufficient quantity to make the scheme practical. Until Jones invented the double-cross method, the yield from the parent lines (the inbreds) was insufficient to allow practical production of hybrid corn seed.[1]
Jones’ work received significant public attention and was used to make the first commercial hybrid corn in the 1920s.
[edit] Publications
- Jones, D F (1944), “Growth Changes in Maize Endosperm Associated with the Relocation of Chromosome Parts.”, Genetics 29 (5): 420-7, 1944 Sep, PMID:17247130, <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17247130>
- Jones, D F (1939), “Continued Inbreeding in Maize.”, Genetics 24 (4): 462-73, 1939 Jun, PMID:17246933, <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17246933>
- Jones, D F (1936), “The Mutation Rate in Somatic Cells of Maize.”, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 22 (11): 645-8, 1936 Nov, PMID:16577742, <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16577742>
- Jones, D F (1934), “Unisexual Maize Plants and Their Bearing on Sex Differentiation in Other Plants and in Animals.”, Genetics 19 (6): 552-67, 1934 Nov, PMID:17246737, <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17246737>
- Jones, D F (1934), “Unisexual Maize Plants and Their Relation to Dioecism in Other Organisms.”, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 20 (1): 39-41, 1934 Jan, PMID:16587838, <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16587838>
- Jones, D F (1924), “The Attainment of Homozygosity in Inbred Strains of Maize.”, Genetics 9 (5): 405-18, 1924 Sep, PMID:17246048, <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17246048>
- Jones, D F (1919), “Selection of Pseudo-Starchy Endosperm in Maize.”, Genetics 4 (4): 364-93, 1919 Jul, PMID:17245932, <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17245932>