Chapter 1
Dedication: Denton E. Alexander; Teacher, Maize Geneticist, and Breeder
Robert J. Lambert,
Robert J. Lambert
Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
Search for more papers by this authorRobert J. Lambert,
Robert J. Lambert
Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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First published: 30 October 2002
PUBLICATIONS
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Alexander, D. E. 1957. The genetic induction of autotetraploidy: a proposal for its use in corn breeding. Agron. J. 49:1, 40–43.
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- Alexander, D. E. 1958. Report to the government of the Federal Peoples Republic of Yugoslavia on hybrid maize breeding and seed production. FAO of the United Nations Rep. 775: 1–6.
- Alexander, D. E. 1959. Metod Selekcije za Dobijanje ‘Restorer’ Linja. Hibridni Kukuruz Jugoslavije. Godina II (Broj 5): 35–37.
- Alexander, D. E. 1959. Relationship of “T” type sterility and yield in maize (in Serbo, Croatian, and English). Hibridni Kukuruz Jugoslavije 2: 51–54.
- Alexander, D. E. 1960. Razmatranja Selekcije Kukuruza Na Sadrzaj Ulja (Though on Breeding High Oil Corn). Hibridni Kukuruz Jugoslavije. Godina III (Broj 3), 23: 26–33.
- Alexander, D. E. 1960. Performance of genetically induced corn tetraploids. 15th Annual Hybrid Corn Industry Res. Conf. 15: 68–78. Am. Seed Trade Assoc., Washington, DC.
- Alexander, D. E. 1962. Corn as an oil crop. 17th Annual Hybrid Corn Industry Res. Conf. 17: 85–91. Am. Seed Trade Assoc., Washington, DC.
- Alexander, D. E. 1962. Effect of population density on corn yields. Proc. Illinois Fertilizer Conference. 19–20.
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Alexander, D. E. 1963. The “Lysenko Method” of increasing oil content of the sunflower. Crop Sci. 3: 279–280.
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Alexander, D. E. 1963. Spontaneous triploidy and tetraploidy in maize. J. Hered. 54: 3.
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- Alexander, D. E. 1964. NMR: a new corn breeding tool. Illinois Res. 6: 4–5.
- Alexander, D. E. 1964. Spontaneous reciprocal translocation during megasporogenesis of maize haploids. Nature 201: 737–738.
- Alexander, D. E. 1964. Illinois and the beginnings of hybrid corn. Illinois Research 6: 1–16.
- Alexander, D. E. 1967. Problems associated with breeding opaque-2 corns, and some proposed solutions. Proc. High Lysine Corn Conf., Purdue Univ. p. 143–147.
- Alexander, D. E. 1970. The modification of protein quality in maize breeding. Acta Agronomica Academiae Sciedntiraum Hungaricae 19: 435–445.
- Alexander, D. E. 1977. High oil corn: status of breeding and utilization. 13th Annual Illinois Corn Breeders School, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana–Champaign, IL.
- Alexander, D. E. 1982. Genetic engineering in plants. Proc. Univ. of Illinois Pork Industry Conf. p. 86–90.
- Alexander, D. E. 1982. The use of wide-line NMR in breeding high-oil corn (in Chinese). Agr. Technol. Abroad, Peking, China.
- Alexander, D. E. 1988. High Oil Corn. Proc. of Annual Corn and Sorghum Indus. Res. Conf. American Seed Trade Assoc., Washington, DC.
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Alexander, D. E., and J. B. Beckett. 1962. Search for a conversion-type mutator system at the Rf1 locus in maize. Crop Sci. 2: 139–140.
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- Alexander, D. E., and J. A. Cavanah. 1963. Survival of tetraploid maize in mixed 2n-4m plantings. Crop Sci. 3: 329–331.
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Alexander, D. E., and R. D. Seif. 1963. Relation of kernel oil content to some agronomic traits in maize. Crop Sci. 3: 354–355.
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- Alexander, D. E., and R. G. Creech. 1977. Breeding corn for industrial and nutritional quality in maize. In: G. F. Sprague (ed.), Corn and corn improvement Am. Soc. Agron., Inc., Madison, WI.
- Alexander, D. E., and J. Spencer. 1982. Registration of South African photoperiod insensitive maize composites I, II, III. Crop Sci. 22: 158.
- Alexander, D. E., L. Sivela, F. I. Collins, and R. C. Rodgers. 1967. Analysis of oil content of maize by wide-line NMR. J. Am. Oil Chem. Soc. 44: 555–558.
- Brown, C. M., D. E. Alexander, and S. G. Carmer. 1966. Variation in oil content and its relation to other characters in oats (Avena sativa L.). Crop Sci. 6: 190–191.
- de la Roche, I. A., D. E. Alexander, and E. J. Weber. 1971. Inheritance of linoleic and oleic acids in Zea mays L. Crop Sci. 11: 856–859.
- de la Roche, I., D. E. Alexander, and E. Weber. 1971. The selective utilization of diglyceride species into maize triglycerides. Lipids 6: 537–540.
- Dudley, J. W., and D. E. Alexander. 1969. Performance of advanced generations of auto-tetraploid maize (Zea mays L.) synthetics. 9: 613–615.
- Dudley, J. W., R. J. Lambert, and D. E. Alexander. 1974. Seventy generations of selection for oil and protein concentration in the maize kernel. In: J. W. Dudley (ed.), Seventy generations of selection for oil and protein in maize. ASA, CSSA, Madison, WI.
- Galliher, H. L., D. E. Alexander, and E. J. Weber. 1985. Genetic variability of alpha-tocopherol and gamma-tocopherol in corn embryos. Crop Sci. 25: 547–549.
- Garwood, D. L., E. J. Weber, R. J. Lambert, and D. E. Alexander. 1970. Effect of different cytoplasms on oil, fatty acids, plant height and ear height in maize (Zea mays L.). Crop Sci. 10: 39–41.
- Han, Y. C., C. M. Parsons, and D. E. Alexander. 1987. Nutritive value of high-oil corn for poultry. Poultry Sci. 66: 103–111.
- Hinesly, T. D., K. E. Redborg, E. L. Ziegler, and D. E. Alexander. 1982. Differential accumulations of cadmium and zinc by corn hybrids grown on soil amended with sewage sludge. Agron. J. 74: 469–474.
- Hinesly, T. D., E. L. Ziegler, G. L. Barrett, and D. E. Alexander. 1978. Zinc and Cd accumulation by corn inbreds grown on sludge amended soil. Agron. J. 70: 425–428.
- Lambert, R. J., D. E. Alexander, and R. C. Rodgers. 1967. Effect of kernel position on oil content in corn (Zea mays L.) Crop Sci. 7: 143–144.
- Lambert, R. J., D. E. Alexander, and Z. J. Han. 1998. A high-oil pollinator enhancement of kernel oil and effects on grain yields of maize hybrids. Agron. J. 90: 211–215.
- Lambert, R. J., D. E. Alexander, E. L. Mollring, and B. Wiggans. 1997. Selection for increased oil concentration in maize kernels and associated changes in several kernel traits. Maydica 42: 39–43.
- Levings, C. S., and D. E. Alexander. 1966. Double reduction in autotetraploid maize. Genetics 54(6): 1297–1305.
- Levings, C. S., and D. E. Alexander. 1967. Double reduction in autotetraploid maize. Genetics 54:6: 1297–1305.
- Levings, C. S., J. W. Dudley, and D. E. Alexander. 1967. Inbreeding and crossing in auto-tetraploid maize. Crop Sci. 7: 72–73.
- Martique, C. A., F. Scheuch, and D. E. Alexander. 1967. Recurrent selection for oil content in maize by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Annales Cientificas, La Moline, Peru.
- Miller, R. L., J. W. Dudley, and D. E. Alexander. 1981. High intensity selection for percent oil in corn. Crop Sci. 21: 433–437.
- Misevič, D., and D. E. Alexander. 1989. Twenty-four cycles of phenotypic recurrent selection for percent oil in maize. I. Per se and test-cross performance. Crop Sci. 29: 320–324.
- Misevič, D., D. E. Alexander, J. Dumanovič, B. Kerečki, and S. Ratkovič. 1987. Grain filling and oil accumulation in high-oil and standard maize hybrids. Genetika 19: 27–35.
- Misevič, D., D. E. Alexander, J. Dumanovič, B. Kerečki, and S. Ratkovič. 1988. Grain moisture loss rate of high-oil and standard-oil maize hybrids. Agron. J. 80: 841–845.
- Pamin, K., W. A. Compton, C. E. Walker, and D. E. Alexander. 1986. Genetic variation and selection response for oil composition in corn. Crop Sci. 26: 279–282.
- Poneleit, C. G., and D. E. Alexander. 1965. Inheritance of linoleic and oleic acids in maize. Science 147: 1585–1586.
- Scheuch, F., A. Manriquech, and D. E. Alexander. 1967. The modification of endosperm proteins: a new concept in maize breeding. Annales Cientificas, La Moline, Peru.
- Silvela, L., R. Rodgers, A. Barrena, and D. E. Alexander. 1989. Effect of selection intensity and population size on percent oil in maize, Zea mays L. 1989. Theo. Appl. Genet. 78: 298–304.
- Sprague, G. F., D. E. Alexander, and J. W. Dudley. 1980. Plant breeding and genetic engineering. A perspective. BioScience 30: 17–21.
- Weber, D. F., and D. E. Alexander. 1972. Redundant segments in Zea mays detected by translocations of monoploid origin. Chromosoma 39: 27–42.
- Weber, E., and D. E. Alexander. 1975. Breeding for lipid composition in corn. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 52: 370–373.
- Wilson, C. M., and D. E. Alexander. 1967. Ribonuclease activity in normal and opaque-2 mutant endosperm of maize. Science 155: 1575–1576.
