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Btls. $1 4 46-Oz. ^ 1 Cans 1 i 4 303 cans $1 4 303 cans 81 6 303 cans |1 6 303 cans 'll PAGE 4 Thursday, June 18, 1959 The Battalion College Station (Brazos County), Texas Doctoral Candidate at A &M Pakistani Botanist Makes Grain Sorghum Discovery A Pakistani botanist, who came to the United States to learn more about plant breeding, has made a discovery that promises to increase grain sorghum yields for Texas farmers and provide food for millions of his own people. A. Ghafoor Bhatti, doctoral can didate in the A&M Department of Genetics, has succeeded in in creasing grain size, by doubling the number of chromosomes, in a plant developed from a cross be tween a grain sorghum and Tunis Grass. His plant has grains 25 to 50 per cent larger than those of present-day commercial sorghums. Colchicine Used Prof. C. B. Godbey, head of A&M’s Department of Genetics, says Bhatti used the drug colchi cine in doubling the chromosomes count in his new sorghum. Col chicine has been used in the past NOTICE TO OUR PATRONS Drive In Section of THE TRIANGLE is now open from 11 a. m. til 12 p. m. 7 days a week We Appreciate your Patronage Triangle Drive In 3608 S. College TA 2-1352 in altering other plants, but Bhatti’s application to use in grain sorghums is considered a major step forwai'd toward their improve ment. While doubling chromosomes of ten results in some form of gi gantism, Godbey says, it often means sterility. One of the most important fea tures of Bhatti’s new grain is its fertility—93 per cent under labor atory conditions. Bhatti says he chose to work at A&M because of the international reputation gained by A&M Sys tem scientists in production of grain sorghum hybrids. The first of these new hybrids went into production about five years ago, and they have since jumped the per-acre yields of grain by 25 to 40 per cent over former standard types. The new hybrids are grown world-wide and more than half the sorghum acreage in Texas was planted to them this year. Spectacular Import Impact of the new grain sor ghum hybrids on Texas agricul ture was shown in a spectacular manner last year, when Texas farmers produced more than 270,- 000,000 bushels, worth $23,000,000 more than the 1957 crops. Aver age for the ten-years preceding 1957, was about 90,000,000 bush els, and ’57 is generally considered the year the new hybrids went into big scale production. A. Ghafoor Bhatti Pakistani Botanist Studying at A&M selection ( Shop for your gift in comfort Free Gift Wrapping ■/.eon B. Weiss* 105 Boyett Next To The Campus Theatre Bhatti is particularly interested in work done by A&M System sci entists in producing grain sor ghums with yellow grains. The yellow headed varieties, now in experimental production, are de signed to get carotene into sor ghum in quantities comparable to corn, increasing the nutritional value of the sorghum. The fact that grain sorghum will grow economically in vast areas of the world that are too dry for good corn production — like West Texas or Central India — has also given impetus to Bhatti’s work. Staple Diet in Pakistan “You see, in Pakistan sorghum is the staple diet of many of the poor. It i£ very, very important, and if we can improve this grain, and increase the size, and get it enough carotene, we will have a food supply of good quality, im- COLOR TELEPHONES smart the new idea in wedding gifts For a wedding or for any occasion, a color telephone is the newest and smartest gift you can give. Call today for information on how to give this highly original, sure to be appreciated gift. The Southwestern States Telephone Company portant in many parts of Asia,” Bhatti says. A graduate of Punjab Univer sity, Bhatti came to the United States two years ago under an International Cooperation Admin istration exchange contract be tween Punjab University and Washington State College. He was allowed to select Texas for research studies on sorghum, be cause of the outstanding record of sorghum breeders of the A&M System and the tremendous acre age and production in the state. Bhatti’s work with colchicine has led plant breeders of the A&M System to plan incorporation of further studies along these lines into their own sorghum research. Scholar, Hard Worker The Pakistani scientist, char acterized as an outstanding schol ar and extremely hard worker, has been specifically concerned with interspecific hybrids in sorghums, a cytogenic problem, in which field he has been advised by Dr. R. G, Reeves and Dr. John E. Endrizzi, both of the A&M faculty, and both internationally recognized cytogeneticists. Bhatti, who has been offered a position in the United States as a plant scientists, has declined the offer. He intends to return to his family in Rawalpindi this Sep tember. He also plans to continue his work as a grains scientist ip. 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