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North Carolina GEM Project 2011 USDA/ARS: Matthew Krakowsky and Dale Dowden NC State: Major Goodman, A. Wayne Dillard and William Hill Grad Students: Oliver.

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1 North Carolina GEM Project 2011 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. 6000 yield trial plots in NC –Five NC locations (Clayton, Kinston (2), Lewiston, Salisbury) –Mixed results with low yields at some locations (drought) Additional 5000 plots coordinated from Raleigh –Three public, six private company cooperators – Bird issues at a few locations affected data

3 GEM-Raleigh Yield Plots, 2006-2012

4 Germplasm in trials Families derived from GEM breeding crosses GEM released lines Tester combinations GEM breeding crosses Potential new germplasm for breeding crosses

5 Nursery Approx 4000 rows plus 1100 rows in isolation in 2011 –GEM Breeding crosses for S 1 development –GEM S 1 ’s for S 2 development –Allelic Diversity –GEM x GEM crosses –GEM bulk increases for released lines and potential releases –New breeding cross development

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