GEM Ames Annual Report

M. Blanco, F. Engstrom, M. ShenUSDA-ARS NCRPIS GEM

- December 11, 2013 -

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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

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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)

Fusarium Ear Rot and Head Smut (DuPont Pioneer Hi-Bred,

Woodland, CA)

NLB and foliar diseases (Agriculture and Agri-Food, Canada)

NLB (MayAgro, Turkey)

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)

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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)

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5,075 Nursery Rows

2,181 Isolation Block Rows

10,334 Yield Trial Plots

2013 GEM Photoperiod Shade House

Photo credit: Denise Costich, CIMMYT

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CRD Advisors, LLC

Trimble Genetics, LLC

Public Cooperator Reports

North Dakota State University (Marcelo Carena)

Iowa State University (Jay-lin Jane)

Texas A&M University (Wenwei Xu)

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(ARS, University, Graduate, and Undergraduate Students)

11 peer reviewed manuscripts

15 presentations/other outreach

Students were involved in much of the above

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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); 2nd International Field Day

Combined total of more than 900 visitors at 4 locations

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- (Sept.20, 2013)

GEM 20th Anniversary Field Day- (Sept.20, 2013)

GEM 20th Anniversary Field Day- (Sept.20, 2013)

GEM 20th Anniversary Field Day- (Sept.20, 2013)

GEM 20th Anniversary Field Day- (Sept.20, 2013)

Questions?