1. North Carolina GEM Project 2012
USDA/ARS: Matthew Krakowsky and Dale Dowden
NC State: Major Goodman, A. Wayne Dillard and William Hill
Grad Students: Oliver Ott and Jill Recker

2. Field Program – Yield Trials
Approx yield trial plots in NC
Five NC locations: Clayton, Kinston (Caswell and Cunningham farms), Lewiston, Salisbury
Up from 6000 in 2011
Mixed results with low yields at some locations (drought, heat stress)
Additional 5300 plots coordinated from Raleigh
Two public, five private company cooperators
Heat and drought stress at some locations

3. Germplasm in trials S2 families derived from GEM breeding crosses
GEM released lines
GEM breeding crosses
Potential new germplasm for breeding crosses

4. Nursery Approx. 3000 rows plus 1200 rows in isolation
Six GEM breeding crosses for S1 development
Six GEM S1’s for S2 development
Allelic Diversity (450 rows in summer, 120 in winter)
Forty-one new breeding crosses produced (24 GEM x GEM and 17 tropical x GEM)
GEM bulk increases for released lines and potential releases

5. Other news
New combine!

6. GEM-Raleigh Cooperators
Dupont Pioneer
Monsanto
Dow Agrosciences
University of Tennessee
AgReliant Genetics
Pannar
GEM-Ames

7. Questions?