Kuykendall, Glen 1985-01-08

From SWC Oral History Collection
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Glen Kuykendall discusses his involvement in the development of hybrid grain sorghum.

General Interview Information

Interviewee Name: Glen Kuykendall

Additional Parties Recorded: None

Date: January 08, 1985

Location: Tulia, Texas

Interviewer: Richard Mason

Length: 1 hour


Abstract

Tape 1, Side 1: Background, Born: 1912, Parents: Jesse and Gertrude Kuykendall, Grandparents, Family farm, Crops raised, Landscape, Seed production, Corn, Development of hybrid sorghum, Kuykendall’s breeding activities, Sorghum (1943), Work for Chillicothe Station (1947-1948), Working for DeKalb Seed Company, Male sterility in hybrid stock, Advantages of hybrid sorghum, Cytoplasmic male sterility, DeKalb Agricultural Association, Hybrid corn marketing, Breeding station, Lubbock, Texas (1950).

Tape 1, Side 2: Breeding station (continued), Hybrid sorghum development (again), Increased acreage, Use of male steriles, Height and material factors, Result prediction, AMAC, Advance Seed Company, Asgrow Seed Company and Reese McNeil, Reasons for cooperation, Interest in hybrid sorghum, Kuykendall’s work for AMAC, Marketing, Popularity of hybrid sorghum, Kuykendall’s work for Advance Seed Company, Work with George Warner and Miller Seed, Hereford, Texas, Farmland, Hybrid seed production, Work with Taylor-Evans, Forage sorghum, Development of new grasses, Plant breeders, Born or made?, Required characteristics, Role of luck, Important events in development of hybrid sorghum, Combine sorghum, Cytoplasmic male sterility (again), Interest of experiment stations and DeKalb, Current plant breeding activities.

Range Dates: 1912-1985

Bulk Dates: 1947-1985


Access Information

Original Recording Format:

Recording Format Notes:

Transcript:



Thank you for your interest in this oral history interview. Our oral history collection is available to patrons in the Southwest Collection's Reading Room, located on the campus of Texas Tech University. For reading room hours, visit our website. Please contact Reference Staff at least one week prior to your visit to ensure the oral history you are interested in will be available. Due to copyright issues, duplications of our oral histories can only be made for family members. If an oral history transcript has been made available online, the link will be provided on this page. More information on accessing our oral histories is located here. Preferred citation style can be found here.