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Screening 800 F₁ Wheat Plants for Sedimentation Value in Eight Hours¹

A rapid microsedimentation test is proposed that enableswheat breeders to evaluate very small wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) flour samples of 0.16 g simply, rapidly, and accurately. In eight hours 400 duplicate or 800 individual F₂ plant samples were tested by a team of four while a further increase to 600 duplicate samples may be possible. Pickney's modification of the original test procedure was reduced to micro scale. Changes were also made in milling procedure and reagent ratio. Twentyfour samples were analyzed simultaneously. A high positive correlation exists between result of this test and those of Pickney's modification.

Key Words: Wheat quality evaluation • Rapid microsedimentation test • Screening genetics stocks • Sedimentation test

² Professor and Head, Lecturer, and Graduate Assistant, Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Aristotelian University of Thcssaloniki, Greece.

Received for publication August 26, 1971.