ABSTRACT
I. Introduction ...........................................................................................................................379 A. Foreword .......................................................................................................................379 B. Philosophy ....................................................................................................................379 C. Inheritance of Maturity.................................................................................................380 D. Maturity Designations ..................................................................................................382 E. Flowering Date and Drying Rate Effects on Harvest Maturity ..................................384 F. Definition of Temperate and of Early Corn.................................................................385 G. Sources of Corn Germplasm........................................................................................385 H. Economic Importance of Temperate Corn...................................................................386 I. Values and Leadership..................................................................................................387 J. Goals, Intent, and Mission ...........................................................................................387 K. Introduction Summary..................................................................................................388
II. Useful Germplasm, People and Plants .................................................................................389 A. Forward.........................................................................................................................389 B. Background...................................................................................................................389 C. Northern Flint Varieties ................................................................................................389
