gem ames annual report m. blanco, f. engstrom, m. shen usda-ars ncrpis gem - december 11, 2013 - g...
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GEM Ames Annual Report
M. Blanco, F. Engstrom, M. Shen
USDA-ARS NCRPIS GEM- December 11, 2013 -
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ze 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
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ze 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)
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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ze 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)
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ze Nursery and Yield Trials
5,075 Nursery Rows
2,181 Isolation Block Rows
10,334 Yield Trial Plots
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ze Two New GEM Cooperators 2013
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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ze 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
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ze 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); 2nd International Field Day
Combined total of more than 900 visitors at 4 locations