GEM Ames Annual Report

M. Blanco, F. Engstrom, M. Shen, A. SmelserUSDA-ARS NCRPIS GEM

- December 5, 2012 -

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258 total GEM Releases (updated)

8 GEM-Ames releases for 2012

2 University of WisconsinW615S (GQS C0 derived)W616S (AR16026:S1719 derived)

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GLS, SLB, and Fusarium ear rot (USDA-ARS-PSRU Raleigh, NC)Aflatoxin (USDA-ARS CHPRRU, MS State)Diplodia, Head smut, and Fusarium ear rot (DuPont/Pioneer Hi-Bred)NLB, GLS, and Goss’s Wilt (PSR)Army Worm/CEW (USDA-ARS-CGBRU Tifton)Army Worm/CEW (3rd Millennium Genetics)

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Haploids (DH) Update

430 DH lines

252 of 430 DH lines with sufficient seed for distribution (represents 54 races from 13 countries)

594 rows of allelic diversity for advancing 115 races (from 14 countries)

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8,700 nursery, and 1,300 isolation block rows at GEM-AmesUnsucessful pollinations to heat and drought ~30-35% at GEM-AmesWide scale heat and drought impacted all US GEM cooperatorsGenerous in kind support from 5 US companies for winter isolations Additional nursery support from 4 other US companies in winter nurseries

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(ARS, University, Graduate, and Undergraduate Students)

13 peer reviewed publications

9 Abstracts

8 other (invited presentations, student conferences, etc.)

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Iowa State University- Germplasm Improvement for Starch and Bio-fuel

Texas A&M U.- GEM Germplasm for drought, CEW, and low aflatoxin

Truman State U.- Specialty Starch Germplasm to Optimize Grain Quality & Yield

U. of Wisconsin-Development for Superior Silage, Biofeedstock yield, and composition

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Ames, IA (ARS-NCRPIS GEM Project)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); 1st International Field DayCombined total of more than 740 visitors at 4 locations

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- CAAS, Beijing, China (Sept. 3 - 9, 2012)

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- Ames, IA (Sept. 18, 2012)