Small plot replicate trials were established to test ten barley varieties, twenty one durum wheat varieties and seven varieties of bread/feed wheat. Yields were exceptionally high in 1998 which were attributed to overall growing conditions for the plants. Gustoe was the highest yielding barley variety with a yield of 8412 pounds per acre, YU894-162 (Western Plant Breeders) was the highest yielding durum wheat with a yield of 7986 pounds per acre and RSI 5 (Resources Seeds Inc.) was the highest yielding feed wheat. These varieties yielded 1458, 966 and 713 pounds per acre more than the number two varieties for barley, durum wheat and wheat, respectively.

Small grain varieties are evaluated each year by University of Arizona personnel at one or more locations. The purpose of these tests is to characterize varieties in terms of yield and other attributes. Variety performance varies greatly from year to year and several site-years are necessary to adequately characterize the yield potential of a variety. The results contained in this report will be combined with results from previous years in a summary available from Arizona Cooperative Extension.

Maize (Zea mays L.) is one of the most important food crops in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA); however its production is constrained by many factors. Grain yield is compromised by poor genetic performance and poor agronomic management. This calls for need to develop hybrids and exploiting heterosis of single crosses which are adapted to challenging environments. Currently, there is no popcorn hybrids developed in South Africa which is adapted to local conditions. As such, there is need to develop hybrids that cater for smallscale farmers in marginal environments. The objectives of the study were to determine i) standard heterosis, levels of variation and heritability for phenotypic traits in dent and flint maize hybrids; ii) the association between genetic distances and phenotypic traits in dent and flint maize hybrids; iii) mid-parent heterosis in popcorn hybrids, iv) the effect of secondary traits on grain yield in dent, flint and popcorn hybrids; v) genetic diversity and the relationship between traits in widely grown selected hybrids in Southern Africa; and vii) to compare effectiveness of phenotypic analysis models for determining genetic distances between hybrids. Popcorn, dent and flint hybrids were evaluated at two sites. The data was analysed using SAS, Genstat and Power marker statistical packages. The results revealed that the relationship between genetic distance and heterosis is dependent on the environment. Hybrids in top 10 at both sites were different indicating that there was a significant genotype x environment interaction. 13 new heterotic patterns that performed better than the controls can be utilized in heterosis breeding; however there is need to test them in different environments to check on their stability. Grain texture cannot be used to discriminate hybrids for yield because all patterns of dent x dent, dent x flint and flint x flint were present in the top 10 hybrids. Lines DXL124 and DXL158 dominated parentage of the top 10 hybrid rank for yield qualifying them as potential testers for specific combining ability in future studies. Heterosis in popcorn hybrids that performed better than the mid-parent can be utilized in heterosis breeding to exploit vigour, though there is need to test the hybrids in a number of different environments. The main direct factors contributing to yield were ear prolificacy, ear aspect, number of plants and shelling percentages qualifying them to be selected to boost grain yield. Phenotypic data and 91 SNP markers were used to estimate the genetic distance between the hybrids. The results indicated that hybrids that were in the same cluster belong to the same brand and were related in origin and pedigree. Both molecular and phenotypic data were effective in discriminating the hybrids into different clusters according to genetic background. SNP markers revealed nine clusters of hybrids, 12-trait model revealed eight clusters and five-trait model revealed six clusters at 85% genetic distance. The study indicates strategies that can be adopted to boost grain yield in dent, flint and popcorn hybrids. / Thesis (M.Sc.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2013.

La conjecture d'André-Pink affirme qu'une sous-variété d'une variété de Shimura ayant une intersection dense avec une orbite de Hecke est faiblement spéciale. On démontre cette conjecture dans le cas de courbes dans une variété de Shimura de type abélien, ainsi que dans certains cas de sous-variétés de dimension supérieure. Ceci est un cas spécial de la conjecture de Zilber-Pink. C'est une généralisation de théorèmes d'Edixhoven et Yafaev quand l'orbite de Hecke se compose de points spéciaux, de Pink quand l'orbite de Hecke se compose de points Galois génériques, et de Habegger et Pila quand la variété de Shimura est un produit de courbes modulaires. Notre démonstration de la conjecture d'André-Pink pour les courbes dans l'espace de modules des variétés abéliennes principalement polarisées est basée sur la méthode de Pila et Zannier, utilisant une variante forte du théorème de comptage de Pila-Wilkie. On obtient les bornes galoisiennes requises grâce au théorème d'isogénie de Masser et Wüstholz. Afin de relier les bornes sur les isogénies aux hauteurs, on démontre également diverses bornes concernant l'arithmétique des formes hermitiennes sur l'anneau d'endomorphismes d'une variété abélienne. Afin d'étendre le résultat sur la conjecture d'André-Pink aux courbes dans les variétés de Shimura de type abélien et à certains cas de sous-variétés de dimension supérieure, on étudie les propriétés fonctorielles de plusieurs variantes des orbites de Hecke. Un chapitre concerne les rangs des groupes de Mumford-Tate de variétés abéliennes complexes. On y démontre une minoration de ces rangs en fonction de la dimension de la variété abélienne, étant donné que ses sous-variétés abéliennes simples sont deux à deux non isogènes. / The André-Pink conjecture predicts that a subvariety of a Shimura variety which has dense intersection with a Hecke orbit is weakly special. We prove this conjecture for curves in a Shimura variety of abelian type, as well as for certain cases for subvarieties of higher dimension. This is a special case of the Zilber-Pink conjecture. It generalises theorems of Edixhoven and Yafaev when the Hecke orbit consists of special points, of Pink when the Hecke orbit consists of Galois generic points, and of Habegger and Pila when the Shimura variety is a product of modular curves. Our proof of the André-Pink conjecture for curves in the moduli space of principally polarised abelian varieties is based on the Pila-Zannier method, using a strong form of the Pila-Wilkie counting theorem. The necessary Galois bounds are obtained from the Masser-Wüstholz isogeny theorem. In order to relate isogeny bounds to heights, we also prove various bounds concerning the arithmetic of Hermitian forms over the endomorphism ring of an abelian variety. In order to extend the result on the André-Pink conjecture to curves in Shimura varieties of abelian type and to some cases of higher-dimensional subvarieties, we study the functorial properties of Hecke orbits and variations thereof. One chapter concerns the ranks of Mumford-Tate groups of complex abelian varieties. We prove a lower bound for these ranks in terms of the dimension of the abelian variety, subject to the condition that the simple abelian subvarieties are pairwise non-isogenous.

Neste trabalho estudamos índices de campos de vetores em variedades regulares e em variedades com singularidades isoladas. O principal resultado e o Teorema de Poincaré-Hopf que relaciona a característica de Euler de uma variedade com o índice de Poincaré-Hopf do campo. Para intersecções completas com singularidades isoladas, vemos também algumas variações deste teorema que relacionam a característica de Euler com o índice de Schwartz, o índice GSV e o número de Milnor da fibra genérica / In this work we study some indices of vector fields on regular manifolds, and on manifolds with isolated singularity. The main result is the Poincare-Hopf Theorem, which connects the Euler characteristic with the Poincare-Hopf index of the field. For complete intersections with isolated singularities, we also study some variations of this theorem, which connects the Euler characteristic with the Schwartz index, the GVS index and the Milnor number of the generic fiber

Neste trabalho estudamos índices de campos de vetores em variedades regulares e em variedades com singularidades isoladas. O principal resultado e o Teorema de Poincaré-Hopf que relaciona a característica de Euler de uma variedade com o índice de Poincaré-Hopf do campo. Para intersecções completas com singularidades isoladas, vemos também algumas variações deste teorema que relacionam a característica de Euler com o índice de Schwartz, o índice GSV e o número de Milnor da fibra genérica / In this work we study some indices of vector fields on regular manifolds, and on manifolds with isolated singularity. The main result is the Poincare-Hopf Theorem, which connects the Euler characteristic with the Poincare-Hopf index of the field. For complete intersections with isolated singularities, we also study some variations of this theorem, which connects the Euler characteristic with the Schwartz index, the GVS index and the Milnor number of the generic fiber

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Bibliography: leaves 144-163. / xv, 163 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm. / Title page, contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University Library. / This thesis examines genetic variation in growth rate and growth form among subterranean clover cultivars in winter. The effect of plant density and sowing time on growth rate and sward structure of subterranean clover in winter and the impact of grazing intensity on morphology and nutritive value of subterranean clover is studied. It explores also genetic variation in the nutritive value of subterranean clover. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of Agronomy and Farming Systems, 1997

Dans cette thèse, on étudie plusieurs sujets sur la géométrie des variétés rationnellement connexes. Une variété complexe est dite rationnellement connexe si par deux points généraux, il passe une courbe rationnelle. Le premier sujet qu'on étudie est la base d'une fibration lagrangienne d'une variété projective irréductible symplectique de dimension quatre. On prouve qu'il y a aux plus deux possibilités pour la base. Dans la deuxième partie, on classifie certain type de variétés de Fano. Enfin, on étudie les structures des variétés rationnellement connexes singulières qui portent des pluri-formes non nulles / In this dissertation, we study several subjects on the geometry of rationally connected varieties. A complex variety is called rationally connected if for two general points, there is a rational curve passing through them. The first subject we study is the base of a Lagrangian fibration of a projective irreducible symplectic fourfold. We prove that there are at most two possibilities for the base. In the second part, we classify certain type of Fano varieties. In the end, we study the structures of singular rationally connected varieties which carry non-zero pluri-forms