USDA/ARS: Matthew Krakowsky and Dale Dowden NC State: Major Goodman, A. Wayne Dillard and William Hill Grad Students: Oliver Ott and Jill Recker

 Approx rows plus 800 rows in isolation  Twelve GEM breeding crosses for S 1 development (Four Brazilian accessions, 1 Guatemalean, 1 Thai, 1 Peruvian, 1 US)  Six GEM S 1 ’s for S 2 development (CIMMYT and NC inbreds)  Thirty-three new breeding crosses produced (18 GEM x GEM and 15 tropical x GEM)  GEM bulk increases for released lines and potential releases

 Approx yield trial plots in NC  Five NC locations: Clayton, Kinston (Caswell and Cunningham farms), Lewiston, Salisbury  Mixed results with low/variable yields at some locations (too much water)  Additional 5100 plots coordinated from Raleigh  Two public, five private company cooperators  Water issues at some locations

 S 2 families derived from GEM breeding crosses  GEM released lines  Potential new germplasm for breeding crosses

 400 summer nursery rows and 320 winter rows  Thirty-six BC 1 families and forty F 1 s completed in 2013  Extra effort made to cross late maturing accessions in winter nursery

 Dupont Pioneer  Monsanto  Dow Agrosciences  University of Tennessee  AgReliant Genetics  Pannar  GEM-Ames

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