1. GEM Ames Annual Report M. Blanco, F. Engstrom, M. Shen USDA-ARS NCRPIS GEM - December 11, 2013 - G ermplasm E nhancement of M aize

2. GEM Releases 265 Total GEM Releases (updated) 7 GEM-Ames releases for 2014 7 GEM line waxy conversions 5 Texas A&M Brown Midrib (bmr 1 ) lines derived from GUAT209:N19 x Tx germplasm

3. G ermplasm Enhancement of Maize 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)

4. Entomology Evaluation Army Worm/CEW (USDA-ARS-CGBRU Tifton, GA) Army Worm/CEW (3 rd Millennium Genetics, Puerto Rico) Corn Rootworm (USDA-ARS-PGRU, Colombia, MO)

5. G ermplasm Enhancement of Maize Allelic Diversity(AD) and Double Haploids (DH) Update 252 DH lines to be released 24 New DH lines being increased 237 New DH 0 (A. Smelser Research) 174 rows of Allelic Diversity for advancing 46 races (from 11 countries)

6. G ermplasm Enhancement of Maize Nursery and Yield Trials 5,075 Nursery Rows 2,181 Isolation Block Rows 10,334 Yield Trial Plots

7. 2013 GEM Photoperiod Shade House Photo credit: Denise Costich, CIMMYT

8. G ermplasm Enhancement of Maize Two New GEM Cooperators 2013 CRD Advisors, LLC Trimble Genetics, LLC

9. Public Cooperator Reports North Dakota State University (Marcelo Carena) Iowa State University (Jay-lin Jane) Texas A&M University (Wenwei Xu)

10. G ermplasm Enhancement of Maize 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

11. G ermplasm Enhancement of Maize GEM Field Days GEM 20 th 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); 2 nd International Field Day Combined total of more than 900 visitors at 4 locations

12. G ermplasm Enhancement of Maize GEM 20 th Anniversary Field Day - (Sept.20, 2013)

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