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GEM Ames Annual Report. G ermplasm E nhancement of M aize. M. Blanco, F. Engstrom, M. Shen USDA-ARS NCRPIS GEM - December 11, 2013 -. GEM Releases. 265 T otal GEM Releases (updated) 7 GEM-Ames releases for 2014 7 GEM line waxy conversions
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GEM Ames Annual Report GermplasmEnhancement of Maize M. Blanco, F. Engstrom, M. Shen USDA-ARS NCRPIS GEM - December 11, 2013 -
GEM Releases • 265 Total GEM Releases (updated) • 7 GEM-Ames releases for 2014 • 7 GEM line waxy conversions • 5 Texas A&M Brown Midrib (bmr1) lines derived from GUAT209:N19 x Tx germplasm Germplasm Enhancement of Maize
Pathology Evaluation • GLS, SLB, and Fusarium Ear Rot (USDA-ARS-PSRU Raleigh, NC) • GLS, SLB, Common Rust and Goss’s Wilt (Professional Seed Research) • NLB and Diplodia Ear Rot (DuPont Pioneer Hi-Bred, Johnston, IA) • Aflatoxin (USDA-ARS CHPRRU, MS State) • FusariumEar Rot and Head Smut (DuPont Pioneer Hi-Bred, Woodland, CA) • NLB and foliar diseases (Agriculture and Agri-Food, Canada) • NLB (MayAgro, Turkey) Germplasm Enhancement of Maize
Entomology Evaluation • Army Worm/CEW (USDA-ARS-CGBRU Tifton, GA) • Army Worm/CEW (3rd Millennium Genetics, Puerto Rico) • Corn Rootworm (USDA-ARS-PGRU, Colombia, MO)
Allelic Diversity(AD) and Double Haploids (DH) Update • 252 DH lines to be released • 24 New DH lines being increased • 237 New DH0 (A. Smelser Research) • 174 rows of Allelic Diversity for advancing 46 races (from 11 countries) Germplasm Enhancement of Maize
Nursery and Yield Trials • 5,075 Nursery Rows • 2,181 Isolation Block Rows • 10,334 Yield Trial Plots Germplasm Enhancement of Maize
2013 GEM Photoperiod Shade House Photo credit: Denise Costich, CIMMYT
Two New GEM Cooperators 2013 • CRD Advisors, LLC • Trimble Genetics, LLC Germplasm Enhancement of Maize
Public Cooperator Reports • North Dakota State University (Marcelo Carena) • Iowa State University (Jay-lin Jane) • Texas A&M University (Wenwei Xu)
Publications and Outreach(ARS, University, Graduate, and Undergraduate Students) • 11 peer reviewed manuscripts • 15 presentations/other outreach • Students were involved in much of the above Germplasm Enhancement of Maize
GEM Field Days • GEM 20th Anniversary Field Day (Ames, IA) • Fargo, ND (North Dakota State University, Marcelo Carena) • Etter, TX (Texas A &M University, Wenwei Xu) • Beijing, China (Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Tianyu Wang); 2ndInternational Field Day • Combined total of more than 900 visitors at 4 locations Germplasm Enhancement of Maize
GEM 20th Anniversary Field Day- (Sept.20, 2013) Germplasm Enhancement of Maize