From Marcelo for 2011 (received November 16, 2011): Progress Report on NDSU EarlyGEM Program Monies for 2010-2011 partially funded our program for early germplasm enhancement of maize (NDSU EarlyGEM program) focused on increasing the genetic diversity of northern U.S. corn hybrids. The NDSU corn breeding program integrated pre-breeding with cultivar development including adaptation of exotic germplasm, maximization of genetic improvement, and inbred line development through early and late generation testing across 24 locations. All locations were planted in spite of the 2011 environmental challenges. The NDSU EarlyGEM program exploited the ND environmental conditions during 2010-2011. Six late temperate and tropical exotic GEM breeding crosses were adapted to short-seasons and incorporated in a modified backcross breeding procedure with ND2000: DKB844:S1601-507-1-B-B, CUBA117:S1520-388-1-B, FS8B (T): N1802-35-1-B-B, CHO5015:N12-123-1-B-B, SCR01:N1310-265-1-B-B and BR52051-N04-70-1. B73, Mo17, and Iowa Stiff Stalk Synthetic (BSSS) were also included in this program as checks. Useful genetic diversity present in the incorporated lines was evaluated with testers belonging to opposite heterotic groups across six environments in 2009 and 2010. Results showed that adapted lines from tropical exotic accession BR52051 produced hybrids with low moisture (21.8% vs. 27.3 %) at similar level of yield (LSD, 0.05) when compared to top industry checks. Similarly, derived lines from temperate accession CHO5015 and tropical accession FS8B(T) showed high grain protein (9.9% vs. 8.9%) and grain oil (4.9% vs. 4.6%) concentration levels with similar check yields as shown in testcross combinations. The tropical hybrid DKB844 derived lines also showed to be a good source of early stiff stalk lines with high yield while tropical accession CUBA117 derived lines showed comparable yield and high grain protein (10.2% vs. 9.3%) when compared to checks. Late generation trials across 13 environments have shown BR52051 hybrids had low grain moisture at harvest (18.6% vs. 22.9%) at similar yield levels when compared to top industry checks. These maize products make NDSU the genetic provider of unique alleles and products adapted to unique short-season environments, complementing the national effort to increase the genetic diversity of U.S. corn hybrids. New unique lines from the NDSU EarlyGEM program are becoming ready for release and MTA agreements should be developed for these materials accordingly. Three maize new population hybrids, [NDSM(M-FS)C9 Syn2]Syn2 x EARLYGEM 21b Syn2, NDSS Syn 2 x EARLYGEM 21a Syn 2, and BS21(R-T)C9 Syn 2 x EARLYGEM 21a Syn 2, had not only good yield and agronomic traits but also better protein quality including lysine, methionine, and cysteine contents compared to the hybrid checks. Two of the most outstanding populations were recently developed at NDSU and are part of an extensive recurrent selection program: NDSS (North Dakota Stiff Stalk Synthetic) and EarlyGEM 21 (NDSU EarlyGEM synthetic variety). The latter was developed from the top full-sib families of the synthetic developed from top backcross derived lines including 75% the elite short-season line ND2000 and 25% an Argentinian maize accession. Genetically broad-based ND populations provided not only unique groups of genetic variability with local adaptation but also competitive sources for the next generation of healthier maize products. The recombination section of the 2011 Fargo breeding nursery has developed five new NDSU EarlyGEM populations from diverse origins and quality traits. 2011 Data (partial) Several NDSU EarlyGEM experiments were planted across several North Dakota locations. NDSU EarlyGEM lines represent hundreds of lines that have survived early and late generations of inbred and hybrid screening. Data include mostly stressed locations but with uniform testing so that lines and hybrids have similar opportunities to compete. Only those experiments with data gathered across all locations are included in this report. At this moment we are selecting top performing lines to be increased and crossed with additional industry testers in NDSU 20112012 winter nurseries. TRT PEDIGREE 76 44 26 67 4 73 2 43 21 79 70 34 6 74 5 38 12 77 64 58 41 61 14 7 3 72 11 9 1 33 35 NDSU CHECK x TR3030CBLL Check 1 TR2015+TR1099*TR3622CBLLRW Check 3 Pioneer 39D95 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[ND01-27xLH85 (LANC)]-29-1-1 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(Gem2 x ND2000)xND2000)-1]-49-2-1 Check 2 Dekalb DKC3023 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(Gem2 x ND2000)xND2000)-1]-146-4-1 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(Gem2 x ND2000)xND2000)-1]-121-3-2 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(Gem2 x ND2000)xND2000)-1]-23-1-1 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(Gem2 x ND2000)xND2000)-1]-49-1-2 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(Gem2 x ND2000)xND2000)-1]-140-2-1 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(Gem2 x ND2000)xND2000)-1]-168-3-1 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(Gem2 x ND2000)xND2000)-1]-153-1-1 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(Gem2 x ND2000)xND2000)-1]-168-3-2 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(Gem2 x ND2000)xND2000)-1]-42-2-1 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(Gem2 x ND2000)xND2000)-1]-134-1-2 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(Gem2 x ND2000)xND2000)-1]-134-1-1 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(Gem2 x ND2000)xND2000)-1]-170-3-1 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(Gem2 x ND2000)xND2000)-1]-168-1-1 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(Gem2 x ND2000)xND2000)-1]-189-2-1 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(Gem2 x ND2000)xND2000)-1]-15-3-1 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(Gem2 x ND2000)xND2000)-1]-44-1 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(Gem2 x ND2000)xND2000)-1]-159-2-1 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[AP47 x A001]-11-1-1 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(Gem2 x ND2000)xND2000)-1]-186-1-1 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(Gem2 x ND2000)xND2000)-1]-149-3-1 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(Gem2 x ND2000)xND2000)-1]-51-4-1 (CG CHECK x TR2040 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(Gem2 x ND2000)xND2000)-1]-51-3-1 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[ND01-27xLH85 (LANC)]-29-4-1 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(Gem2 x ND2000)xND2000)-1]-25-2-3 Grain Grain Test Stalk Root Ear Moisture Yield Weight Lodging Lodging Drop (%) (bu/A) (lb/bu) (%) (%) (%) 22.1 127.3 53.1 11.4 13.8 2.6 18.5 126.8 51.7 9.0 8.9 0.8 16.5 119.7 56.9 8.9 24.2 0.0 24.9 116.5 54.0 8.3 7.1 5.3 21.6 114.6 55.9 18.5 4.4 4.2 15.9 114.1 58.2 9.3 1.7 2.2 18.7 113.7 55.2 34.0 2.4 3.7 18.9 112.6 54.4 18.8 1.3 3.6 18.9 110.4 55.6 29.5 22.6 0.5 19.5 109.9 55.2 12.4 7.8 0.9 19.6 109.2 56.7 28.3 13.2 0.9 19.3 108.3 55.6 22.7 9.0 0.0 19.1 106.4 56.5 24.5 9.0 2.9 18.9 105.1 55.9 24.3 12.6 0.4 18.7 104.3 55.5 25.8 11.2 3.0 18.4 103.5 56.0 40.4 6.3 4.3 18.5 103.4 56.3 22.2 5.1 3.0 18.2 103.4 56.3 25.9 15.3 5.0 18.3 102.4 53.2 16.9 18.9 2.4 19.2 102.0 55.5 25.0 5.0 3.0 19.6 100.8 54.1 27.3 15.7 0.9 18.8 100.2 55.7 36.6 22.5 3.0 17.8 100.2 56.1 26.1 7.6 2.5 21.8 100.0 54.7 13.3 7.0 2.5 21.0 99.4 56.4 30.5 10.1 0.0 19.5 98.6 56.2 21.2 16.5 8.4 19.9 98.6 57.0 23.8 6.3 2.1 18.9 98.4 56.1 11.6 0.0 2.3 19.3 98.2 54.9 23.2 5.6 1.8 22.4 97.5 56.8 22.0 8.5 2.5 24.4 97.5 51.9 17.0 8.2 0.9 37 49 39 57 31 51 66 29 71 48 45 25 56 42 52 65 32 24 8 27 10 36 30 20 47 54 59 19 16 18 13 46 40 68 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(Gem2 x ND2000)xND2000)-1]-155-1-1 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(Gem2 x ND2000)xND2000)-1]-8-1-1 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[AP47 x A001]-10-1-1 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(Gem2 x ND2000)xND2000)-1]-61-1-1 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(Gem2 x ND2000)xND2000)-1]-140-2-2 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(Gem2 x ND2000)xND2000)-1]-188-1-1 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(Gem2 x ND2000)xND2000)-1]-183-1-1 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(Gem2 x ND2000)xND2000)-1]-140-4-1 [(CG44XND290)XB97]-55-1-2 x (TR3026xTR2040) (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(Gem2 x ND2000)xND2000)-1]-51-1-2 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(Gem2 x ND2000)xND2000)-1]-187-1-1 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(Gem2 x ND2000)xND2000)-1]-156-3-1 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(Gem2 x ND2000)xND2000)-1]-40-2-1 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(Gem2 x ND2000)xND2000)-1]-173-1-2 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(Gem2 x ND2000)xND2000)-1]-144-1-2 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(Gem2 x ND2000)xND2000)-1]-191-3-1 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(Gem2 x ND2000)xND2000)-1]-51-1-1 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[AP47 x A001]-11-1-2 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(Gem2 x ND2000)xND2000)-1]-189-1-1 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(Gem2 x ND2000)xND2000)-1]-9-2-1 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(Gem2 x ND2000)xND2000)-1]-13-6-1 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(Gem2 x ND2000)xND2000)-1]-49-1-1 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(Gem2 x ND2000)xND2000)-1]-59-1-1 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(Gem2 x ND2000)xND2000)-1]-37-1-1 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[ND01-27xLH85 (LANC)]-8-1-1 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(Gem2 x ND2000)xND2000)-1]-140-10-1 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(Gem2 x ND2000)xND2000)-1]-11-1-1 (CG CHECK x (TR3026xTR2040) (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(Gem2 x ND2000)xND2000)-1]-144-1-1 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(Gem2 x ND2000)xND2000)-1]-142-2-2 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(Gem2 x ND2000)xND2000)-1]-21-2-1 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(Gem2 x ND2000)xND2000)-1]-139-3-1 [ND2000xND290]-62-1-1-1-1 x (TR3026xTR2040) (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(Gem2 x ND2000)xND2000)-1]-185-1-1 20.0 22.4 21.1 19.9 19.2 19.4 19.1 20.3 18.4 19.4 18.1 18.8 17.0 20.8 17.4 19.4 18.9 21.5 18.9 20.8 19.3 19.4 20.0 20.7 18.1 18.5 18.6 21.9 17.5 20.3 21.2 19.6 23.4 19.3 95.2 94.5 94.3 94.2 94.2 93.8 92.3 92.3 92.1 91.8 91.8 91.7 91.2 90.6 90.2 90.0 88.4 87.9 87.1 86.8 86.6 86.6 86.1 85.8 85.0 84.7 84.7 83.6 83.4 82.5 82.3 81.9 81.7 81.6 53.2 54.2 53.0 56.7 57.6 55.3 54.4 54.7 53.9 54.6 55.0 55.6 56.7 55.9 56.3 56.0 53.8 51.6 55.9 55.3 54.6 55.8 56.6 55.7 55.6 56.1 57.5 51.1 56.1 54.6 53.1 55.7 55.9 56.2 19.9 20.3 19.5 27.0 29.0 25.4 26.2 30.3 15.6 39.8 45.6 15.0 26.1 36.9 35.6 25.8 28.3 11.0 30.5 24.0 34.6 22.3 24.2 38.2 13.5 30.1 34.7 13.2 35.0 27.1 39.0 30.2 10.3 25.3 15.8 10.6 10.9 9.6 9.8 4.4 7.9 6.6 19.0 3.7 3.8 3.0 7.9 21.0 3.0 6.6 17.4 5.5 1.1 13.9 15.8 19.8 6.8 8.7 3.4 16.5 23.8 7.0 6.1 3.6 9.1 9.2 12.6 11.5 5.6 1.7 0.9 4.2 2.5 6.9 5.7 2.6 7.5 6.3 2.6 0.0 3.8 2.9 0.8 2.4 5.3 6.9 3.2 3.6 0.8 4.6 2.5 1.1 3.0 1.3 3.7 1.4 0.4 2.5 1.6 2.7 1.0 4.1 17 62 80 50 28 22 81 55 75 53 15 78 60 23 63 69 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(Gem2 x ND2000)xND2000)-1]-137-1-1 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(Gem2 x ND2000)xND2000)-1]-173-1-1 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(Gem2 x ND2000)xND2000)-1]-44-3-4 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(Gem2 x ND2000)xND2000)-1]-168-2-1 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(Gem2 x ND2000)xND2000)-1]-25-2-1 [(CG44XND290)XB97]-32-1-2 x (TR3026xTR2040) (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(Gem2 x ND2000)xND2000)-1]-59-1-2 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(Gem2 x ND2000)xND2000)-1]-189-3-1 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(Gem2 x ND2000)xND2000)-1]-51-1-3 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(Gem2 x ND2000)xND2000)-1]-142-2-1 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(Gem2 x ND2000)xND2000)-1]-139-4-1 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(Gem2 x ND2000)xND2000)-1]-191-1-1 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(Gem2 x ND2000)xND2000)-1]-44-3-2 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(Gem2 x ND2000)xND2000)-1]-44-3-1 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(Gem2 x ND2000)xND2000)-1]-44-3-3 [(CG44XND290)XB97]-14-1-1 x (TR3026xTR2040) Mean LSD (0.05) CV 20.5 20.1 18.7 20.4 21.1 18.3 19.6 18.6 19.4 22.1 18.6 17.9 19.5 19.6 19.0 18.3 80.8 80.6 80.1 78.2 77.5 77.5 76.9 76.4 73.2 71.3 69.3 69.3 67.9 66.7 64.4 61.0 56.6 56.5 57.0 55.5 53.4 54.6 55.5 52.7 54.1 54.9 57.1 56.0 54.1 55.9 54.9 56.3 34.2 35.5 26.5 45.1 26.9 10.0 30.3 33.6 20.6 28.9 35.0 52.9 38.4 26.1 31.9 10.4 9.3 27.2 3.8 5.3 5.3 2.4 17.1 13.1 9.0 6.3 6.5 2.1 8.4 10.0 2.9 6.5 2.5 5.6 0.9 0.9 3.8 2.6 1.8 3.2 1.7 0.5 6.0 2.8 3.4 2.2 4.4 6.1 19.6 3.0 9.5 92.4 25.3 18.8 55.3 2.7 3.0 25.5 23.2 57.1 9.6 15.6 101.1 2.8 7.3 161.1 TRT PEDIGREE 58 38 49 100 32 83 96 40 55 6 28 36 7 62 33 15 99 42 29 50 26 31 85 70 88 53 74 69 87 65 14 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(GEM 5 x ND 2000) x ND 2000)-I]-55-1-1 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(Gem26 x ND2000)xND2000)-1]-13-2-1 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(GEM 5 x ND 2000) x ND 2000)-I]-83-3-1 Check 3 Pioneer 39D95 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(Gem26 x ND2000)xND2000)-1]-32-1-2 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(GEM 5 x ND 2000) x ND 2000)-I]-119-1-1 (TR2015 x TR1099) x [(GEM 5 x ND 2000) x ND 2000)-I]-15-2-1 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(Gem26 x ND2000)xND2000)-1]-123-1-2 ND252 xTR3030 (TR2015 x TR1099) x [NDCG(FS)C1 Syn3]-43-1-1] (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(Gem26 x ND2000)xND2000)-1]-54-3-3 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(Gem26 x ND2000)xND2000)-1]-142-1-1 (TR2015 x TR1099) x [NDCG(FS)C1 Syn3]-43-1-2] (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(GEM 5 x ND 2000) x ND 2000)-I]-47-2-1 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(Gem26 x ND2000)xND2000)-1]-32-1-1 (TR2015 x TR1099) x [NDCG(FS)C1 Syn3]-58-2-1] Check 2 Dekalb DKC 30-23 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(Gem26 x ND2000)xND2000)-1]-111-1-1 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(Gem26 x ND2000)xND2000)-1]-54-3-2 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(GEM 5 x ND 2000) x ND 2000)-I]-83-2-1 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(Gem26 x ND2000)xND2000)-1]-65-1-1 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(Gem26 x ND2000)xND2000)-1]-32-3-1 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(GEM 5 x ND 2000) x ND 2000)-I]-116-1-1 LH176xND05-117 (TR2015 x TR1099) x [(GEM 5 x ND 2000) x ND 2000)-I]-97-3-3 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(GEM 5 x ND 2000) x ND 2000)-I]-69-1-1 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(GEM 5 x ND 2000) x ND 2000)-I]-214-1-1 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(GEM 5 x ND 2000) x ND 2000)-I]-229-2-1 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(GEM 5 x ND 2000) x ND 2000)-I]-103-2-1 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(GEM 5 x ND 2000) x ND 2000)-I]-35-2-1 (TR2015 x TR1099) x [NDCG(FS)C1 Syn3]-53-2-2] Grain Grain Test Stalk Root Ear Moisture Yield Weight Lodging Lodging Drop (%) (bu/A) (lb/bu) (%) (%) (%) 19.1 146.1 54.1 34.4 29.6 2.5 18.7 127.0 54.6 41.3 21.2 2.6 17.6 125.0 54.9 31.3 14.8 2.1 16.5 123.7 57.0 9.7 14.3 1.8 18.2 123.1 54.8 59.5 19.6 7.8 19.4 122.9 52.0 40.1 41.9 0.0 16.2 121.8 54.6 37.5 42.9 4.2 18.7 119.1 56.8 44.8 21.7 5.1 14.5 117.8 52.4 42.1 32.1 6.5 18.7 116.9 53.3 22.6 17.6 7.4 18.9 115.5 54.9 21.0 43.3 8.0 18.7 115.2 54.9 26.0 25.2 2.0 19.1 113.4 55.3 28.4 13.5 4.1 18.4 113.0 53.2 36.5 32.8 5.9 18.9 112.1 54.2 60.0 40.1 4.4 18.0 111.5 56.4 7.6 37.4 0.0 14.3 110.4 56.0 34.7 0.0 6.9 19.3 110.1 56.5 21.5 14.9 5.5 18.3 108.5 56.1 40.8 11.4 3.7 16.4 107.4 54.1 31.9 52.6 4.4 17.3 106.4 55.0 42.7 26.2 3.6 18.9 106.1 54.7 33.3 10.3 4.6 18.3 106.1 54.2 27.6 18.8 6.8 21.6 105.8 54.5 12.9 61.2 1.0 18.5 104.1 54.4 44.3 16.6 2.2 17.0 103.8 55.7 35.9 13.1 3.7 18.8 101.5 50.7 25.4 16.5 3.6 18.4 101.0 52.2 47.9 14.9 9.3 17.4 100.8 55.0 27.1 41.5 0.4 19.0 100.5 51.9 13.2 29.9 2.9 17.8 100.5 54.5 23.2 25.8 11.8 78 18 1 44 67 73 21 45 20 81 61 77 27 68 98 39 5 63 82 37 89 57 52 92 80 23 84 59 60 56 13 30 72 94 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(GEM 5 x ND 2000) x ND 2000)-I]-150-1-1 (TR2015 x TR1099) x [NDCG(FS)C1 Syn3]-58-4-2] (TR2015 x TR1099) x [NDCG(FS)C1 Syn3]-22-1-1] (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(Gem26 x ND2000)xND2000)-1]-109-2-1 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(GEM 5 x ND 2000) x ND 2000)-I]-33-1-1 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(GEM 5 x ND 2000) x ND 2000)-I]-219-3-1 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(Gem2 x ND2000)xND2000)-1]-25-2-2 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(GEM 5 x ND 2000) x ND 2000)-I]-95-1-1 (TR2015 x TR1099) x [NDCG(FS)C1 Syn3]-58-5-2] (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(GEM 5 x ND 2000) x ND 2000)-I]-131-2-1 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(GEM 5 x ND 2000) x ND 2000)-I]-53-1-1 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(GEM 5 x ND 2000) x ND 2000)-I]-185-1-1 ND05-117xLH176 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(GEM 5 x ND 2000) x ND 2000)-I]-27-1-1 Check 1 TR2015+TR1099*TR3622CBLLRW ND04-21xLH176 (TR2015 x TR1099) x [NDCG(FS)C1 Syn3]-32-1-2] (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(GEM 5 x ND 2000) x ND 2000)-I]-45-1-1 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(GEM 5 x ND 2000) x ND 2000)-I]-121-1-1 ND252 xLH176 (TR2015 x TR1099) x [(GEM 5 x ND 2000) x ND 2000)-I]-97-3-2 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(GEM 5 x ND 2000) x ND 2000)-I]-62-1-1 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(GEM 5 x ND 2000) x ND 2000)-I]-7-1-1 (TR2015 x TR1099) x [(GEM 5 x ND 2000) x ND 2000)-I]-9-2-1 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(GEM 5 x ND 2000) x ND 2000)-I]-143-1-1 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[ND291xLH85 (LANC)]-47-1-1 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(GEM 5 x ND 2000) x ND 2000)-I]-116-1-2 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(GEM 5 x ND 2000) x ND 2000)-I]-53-3-1 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(GEM 5 x ND 2000) x ND 2000)-I]-53-2-1 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(GEM 5 x ND 2000) x ND 2000)-I]-62-1-2 (TR2015 x TR1099) x [NDCG(FS)C1 Syn3]-53-2-1] (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(Gem26 x ND2000)xND2000)-1]-54-3-1 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(GEM 5 x ND 2000) x ND 2000)-I]-219-4-1 (TR2015 x TR1099) x [(GEM 5 x ND 2000) x ND 2000)-I]-24-1-1 16.7 16.0 19.9 18.8 17.4 18.1 20.2 18.4 15.7 18.3 18.5 18.2 20.6 18.0 16.3 20.8 19.7 18.7 17.8 19.3 17.7 18.2 18.0 16.6 18.7 16.4 18.7 17.4 18.3 18.6 19.1 18.6 17.7 17.0 100.0 99.6 99.5 99.4 99.2 99.2 98.6 97.5 97.1 96.1 94.8 94.5 94.3 93.6 92.9 92.2 91.7 91.6 90.1 90.0 90.0 89.4 88.9 88.7 88.3 88.2 87.4 87.3 86.8 85.9 85.1 82.4 81.2 80.5 53.5 54.8 53.1 55.7 55.9 54.7 53.0 56.4 57.0 53.7 54.5 53.4 55.4 55.8 50.8 53.4 52.9 51.4 56.0 56.1 54.3 55.2 56.0 53.8 53.1 58.0 54.5 55.1 51.6 53.8 54.9 56.2 53.1 54.4 21.6 23.2 38.8 27.0 14.6 40.0 31.8 62.2 25.1 62.0 33.7 21.4 9.1 9.3 23.9 22.2 59.2 49.5 58.3 6.7 50.2 20.2 26.5 9.2 40.1 12.5 37.5 54.2 28.5 44.0 30.3 47.4 56.5 24.6 34.1 16.4 15.3 30.8 19.5 25.6 7.5 14.1 15.1 14.0 7.2 40.5 59.8 27.0 41.5 32.8 14.4 26.3 32.2 69.8 2.1 55.8 41.2 45.0 23.8 10.7 20.6 18.3 19.3 38.5 31.3 25.0 26.5 41.3 0.4 16.6 0.0 4.1 9.8 4.7 16.4 1.5 6.0 3.7 1.5 7.4 5.5 8.1 0.0 11.0 1.9 12.5 4.5 2.0 6.3 3.5 5.2 0.0 6.6 33.5 2.8 3.4 3.1 3.2 12.3 8.1 4.6 1.5 24 75 54 35 76 93 10 79 34 97 64 9 3 4 41 8 66 17 25 95 2 16 47 19 48 12 71 91 11 51 22 90 46 86 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(Gem26 x ND2000)xND2000)-1]-66-4-1 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(GEM 5 x ND 2000) x ND 2000)-I]-213-4-2 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(GEM 5 x ND 2000) x ND 2000)-I]-62-1-3 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(Gem26 x ND2000)xND2000)-1]-145-1-1 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(GEM 5 x ND 2000) x ND 2000)-I]-185-2-1 (TR2015 x TR1099) x [(GEM 5 x ND 2000) x ND 2000)-I]-84-2-1 (TR2015 x TR1099) x [NDCG(FS)C1 Syn3]-47-2-1] (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(GEM 5 x ND 2000) x ND 2000)-I]-144-1-1 TR1017xND08-144 (TR2015 x TR1099) x [(GEM 5 x ND 2000) x ND 2000)-I]-149-2-1 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(GEM 5 x ND 2000) x ND 2000)-I]-37-4-1 (TR2015 x TR1099) x [NDCG(FS)C1 Syn3]-43-3-1] (TR2015 x TR1099) x [NDCG(FS)C1 Syn3]-22-2-3] (TR2015 x TR1099) x [NDCG(FS)C1 Syn3]-32-1-1] (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(Gem26 x ND2000)xND2000)-1]-123-1-1 (TR2015 x TR1099) x [NDCG(FS)C1 Syn3]-43-2-1] (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(GEM 5 x ND 2000) x ND 2000)-I]-33-3-1 (TR2015 x TR1099) x [NDCG(FS)C1 Syn3]-58-4-1] ND06-144xTR1017 (TR2015 x TR1099) x [(GEM 5 x ND 2000) x ND 2000)-I]-15-3-1 (TR2015 x TR1099) x [NDCG(FS)C1 Syn3]-22-2-1] (TR2015 x TR1099) x [NDCG(FS)C1 Syn3]-58-2-2] (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(GEM 5 x ND 2000) x ND 2000)-I]-87-1-2 (TR2015 x TR1099) x [NDCG(FS)C1 Syn3]-58-5-1] (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(GEM 5 x ND 2000) x ND 2000)-I]-87-1-1 (TR2015 x TR1099) x [NDCG(FS)C1 Syn3]-47-2-3] (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(GEM 5 x ND 2000) x ND 2000)-I]-219-4-2 (TR2015 x TR1099) x [(GEM 5 x ND 2000) x ND 2000)-I]-97-2-2 (TR2015 x TR1099) x [NDCG(FS)C1 Syn3]-47-2-2] (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(GEM 5 x ND 2000) x ND 2000)-I]-81-2-2 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[ND291xLH85 (LANC)]-47-1-2 ND267 xTR3030 ND08-53xTR1017 (TR2015 x TR1099)x[(GEM 5 x ND 2000) x ND 2000)-I]-103-2-2 18.0 18.0 17.2 18.9 18.5 18.1 18.9 18.8 17.2 18.3 18.1 21.6 17.2 18.7 18.5 17.7 16.4 18.2 18.2 18.1 17.5 17.7 17.5 17.3 18.0 17.4 17.6 15.9 16.8 16.8 16.3 18.2 17.0 17.8 80.1 79.9 79.3 79.1 78.7 78.7 78.5 78.2 78.1 77.7 77.1 76.8 76.6 74.9 74.0 73.7 72.5 72.0 71.8 71.1 71.0 69.5 68.6 68.1 66.6 65.9 63.1 57.8 57.2 55.0 53.7 53.4 50.3 48.0 55.3 53.6 53.1 54.7 53.3 54.2 53.8 55.2 59.7 55.3 54.7 53.4 54.0 51.0 55.0 57.2 53.9 54.7 58.8 52.8 55.0 48.9 55.3 53.9 49.3 54.5 49.4 53.5 56.2 46.5 56.2 54.4 50.7 47.4 40.8 25.3 24.2 31.8 40.0 28.6 29.8 10.5 18.8 13.7 34.1 32.6 31.7 25.7 56.6 23.4 25.0 15.8 10.7 46.9 19.9 13.7 44.0 24.9 44.3 10.3 32.9 29.8 25.2 32.3 10.2 23.2 32.3 62.5 36.8 29.3 54.4 68.8 34.5 38.2 16.4 15.0 13.3 23.7 33.2 5.9 19.2 37.3 11.1 27.3 41.3 34.9 20.8 10.9 46.6 33.6 13.6 18.5 1.7 35.1 48.1 20.8 23.4 12.4 30.2 30.9 7.4 36.9 6.5 3.2 1.7 0.1 2.4 0.0 6.4 8.1 1.8 0.0 6.0 4.2 10.1 1.1 13.1 9.2 4.6 11.9 5.4 4.7 10.3 8.8 8.8 3.4 9.6 7.7 11.7 8.8 26.4 1.5 14.7 8.5 10.3 1.6 43 LH176xND04-21 Mean LSD (0.05) CV 19.9 47.1 54.3 32.3 52.5 0.0 18.0 1.6 4.5 90.4 28.0 16.8 54.2 4.0 3.6 31.3 25.8 41.5 27.3 32.9 47.7 5.7 12.2 108.5 TRT PEDIGREE 47 32 37 49 11 6 10 7 48 13 23 41 9 38 20 45 42 16 17 33 19 36 14 4 15 5 22 39 24 43 40 NDSU RR Check 1 BS22(R-T)C8-125-4-2-1-1-1-1 x TR2040 ND09-251 x TR2040 Check 3 Dekalb DKC38-89VT3 [A619E X ND291]-27-1-1-1-1-1-1 x TR2040 ND07-2 x TR2040 [((Gem2 X ND2000) X ND2000)-1]-102-1-1-1-1-3-1 x TR2040 BS22(R-T)C8-12-1-1-1-1-2-1 x TR2040 Check 2 Dekalb DKC33-54RR2 ND08-131 x TR2040 [(GEM21xND2000)xND2000]-7-1-1-3-1-1-1 x TR2040 [(GEM21xND2000)xND2000]-7-1-1-2-1-1 x TR2040 ND09-237 x TR2040 [ND291 X B100]-42-1-1-1-1-1 x TR2040 ND08-6 x TR2040 [((Gem2 X ND2000) X ND2000)-1]-94-1-1-1-1-1-1 x TR2040 [ND291 X ND2000]-118-2-1-1-1-1 x TR2040 ND09-328 x TR2040 [ND278^2 X (B73 X ND278)-73]-2-1-1-1-1-1-1 x TR2040 [(GEM21xND2000)xND2000]-60-1-1-4-1-1 x TR2040 [(GEM21xND2000)xND2000]-26-1-2-1-1-1-1 x TR2040 [ND291 X ND2000]-141-1-1-1-1-1-1 x TR2040 [(GEM21xND2000)XND2000]-26-1-1-4-1-1 x TR2040 ND09-229 x TR2040 [(GEM21xND2000)XND2000]-37-3-1-1-1-1-1 x TR2040 [ND278 X (B73 X ND278)-2]-14-1-1-1-1-2-1 x TR2040 [(GEM21xND2000)XND2000]-37-1-1-3-1-1 x TR2040 [(GEM21xND2000)XND2000]-22-3-1-1-1-1-1 x TR2040 NDBS11(FR-M-S)C3-6-1-1-1-1-1 x TR2040 NDBS1011(FR-M-S)C4-49-2-1-1-1-1 x TR2040 [(GEM21xND2000)XND2000]-26-2-2-1-1-1 x TR2040 Source Grain Grain Test Stalk Root Moisture Yield Weight Lodging Lodging (%) (bu/A) (lb/bu) (%) (%) 78RM 15.9 170.5 54.0 2.7 20.3 160.6 55.3 0.0 12.3 10WNNDNZ0823 19.9 160.1 57.2 8.2 12.9 10WNNDNZ0782 17.8 88RM 16.4 157.3 53.7 4.7 16.2 152.8 58.6 21.2 13.9 10WNNDNZ0777 15.4 151.8 56.3 12.9 23.0 10WNNDNZ0770 18.5 147.8 59.8 2.8 25.7 10WNNDNZ0788 16.9 145.8 54.9 2.2 23.6 10WNNDNZ0822 21.7 83RM 13.8 142.1 58.5 6.4 11.0 141.8 59.3 12.4 8.9 10WNNDNZ0779 15.7 141.6 59.7 30.5 29.2 10WNNDNZ0812 16.1 141.0 59.3 19.3 33.2 10WNNDNZ0811 17.2 17.7 139.0 57.0 6.4 19.0 10WNNDNZ0781 139.0 58.6 11.0 10.6 10WNNDNZ0785 18.6 138.0 56.0 5.4 15.8 10WNNDNZ0774 18.7 137.9 59.0 6.7 25.7 10WNNDNZ0789 15.2 137.6 60.0 10.1 25.4 10WNNDNZ0820 16.0 136.7 58.0 19.0 13.9 10WNNDNZ0764 16.3 135.6 57.1 8.5 17.9 10WNNDNZ0766 16.7 134.2 59.4 19.1 33.3 10WNNDNZ0807 16.0 133.2 59.7 14.1 26.0 10WNNDNZ0796 16.3 133.0 59.4 12.3 15.2 10WNNDNZ0768 15.5 131.6 60.2 14.8 13.4 10WNNDNZ0795 17.0 130.4 59.3 29.9 4.4 10WNNDNZ0762 15.1 129.7 59.2 19.7 22.7 10WNNDNZ0804 15.6 129.5 53.9 3.7 12.2 10WNNDNZ0817 19.7 128.1 61.1 19.4 13.5 10WNNDNZ0803 16.1 127.6 60.9 24.0 2.5 10WNNDNZ0794 15.3 126.9 53.1 6.2 25.6 10WNNDNZ0773 24.5 126.6 59.3 8.3 22.3 10WNNDNZ0824 16.9 126.4 62.0 32.3 23.9 10WNNDNZ0798 14.6 18 34 30 25 35 29 2 8 21 26 28 3 46 1 44 31 12 27 [((Gem5 X ND2000) X ND2000)-1]-15-1-1-1-1-2-1 x TR2040 [(GEM21xND2000)XND2000]-54-3-2-1-1-1-1 x TR2040 [ND278^2 X (B73 X ND278)-22]-2-1-1-1-1-1 x TR2040 ND08-118 x TR2040 [(GEM21xND2000)xND2000]-7-1-1-4-1-1-1 x TR2040 ND09-329 x TR2040 ND07-260 x TR2040 [((Mo17 X ND278) X ND278)-2]-2-1-1-1-1-1-1 x TR2040 [((Gem2 X ND2000) X ND2000)-1]-8-2-1-1-1-1-1 x TR2040 [((Gem5 X ND2000) X ND2000)-1]-79-1-1-1-1-1-1 x TR2040 [(ND282 x ND291)-84-3-1-1-1-1 x TR2040 ND09-211 x TR2040 [(GEM21xND2000)xND2000]-28-3-1-1-1-1-1 x TR2040 ND08-317 x TR2040 [(GEM21xND2000)xND2000]-26-2-1-1-1-2-1 x TR2040 [NDBSK(M)C2]-10-1-1-1-1-1 x TR2040 [(GEM21xND2000)xND2000]-9-2-1-3-1-1-1 x TR2040 [B37 X CG102]-25-1-1-1-1-1 x TR2040 10WNNDNZ0790 15.0 10WNNDNZ0806 15.4 10WNNDNZ0819 16.7 10WNNDNZ0778 16.3 10WNNDNZ0813 15.3 10WNNDNZ0765 17.1 10WNNDNZ0771 18.0 10WNNDNZ0776 18.1 10WNNDNZ0775 15.5 10WNNDNZ0791 16.6 10WNNDNZ0759 16.1 10WNNDNZ0761 21.8 10WNNDNZ0801 16.1 10WNNDNZ0772 16.4 10WNNDNZ0797 15.6 10WNNDNZ0821 19.3 10WNNDNZ0815 21.1 10WNNDNZ0816 19.8 126.1 126.0 123.0 121.9 120.7 120.4 118.7 117.7 117.2 116.3 114.1 113.3 113.1 111.3 102.1 101.3 99.2 98.9 58.9 60.7 56.6 59.3 60.9 58.5 57.1 56.9 59.7 57.6 61.8 53.2 59.4 57.0 61.8 57.3 56.8 54.9 29.2 15.0 7.0 5.5 24.8 14.7 16.7 11.3 19.3 16.8 6.8 9.1 33.6 24.5 31.0 9.7 4.9 14.2 26.8 24.4 17.7 31.0 34.3 26.1 28.3 19.7 19.5 33.2 17.6 18.0 18.0 10.3 24.9 29.6 26.8 27.2 130.5 25.4 13.8 58.1 2.4 2.1 14.0 18.5 66.9 20.6 26.3 65.1 Lines from NDSU EarlyGEM, genetically broad-based, and genetically narrow-based populations Mean LSD CV% 17.1 1.6 4.7