GEM IT Report
Mack Shen
USDA-ARS NCRPIS GEM
- December 9, 2015 -
Usage of GEM-Ames website
World Map of Cumulative Visitors
Usage of GEM-Ames website
Top 10 countries with the most visitors
Usage of GEM-Ames website
Top 10 regions/states with the most visitors
Usage of GEM-Ames website
Top 20 keywords used for searching for GEM website
Information request form
(raw data)
Plant and harvest dates
Location: county, state
Plot size (width x length – button-to-button)
Desired stand count
Plot condition (optional, but preferred)
EXPT Entry Pedigree Plot Rep WT Yield MOIST TWT PLTHT EARHT STAND SKLDG RTLDG DEARS
GEM-Ames trial summary
Total yield trial plots by year
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GEM-Ames trial summary
The Percentage of plots by GEM & COOPs
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GEM-Ames trial summary
The numbers of yield trials each year
Poly. (Series1)
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y = -0.1171x2 + 471.48x - 474498
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Year
GEM-Ames trial summary
Percentage of entries out-performed check mean by year
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y = 3.1155e0.1227x
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GEM-Ames trial summary
- 2015
Summary
by
experiment
for “quick
view” on
page 10 of
the yield
trial
section
GEM-Ames trial summary
- 2015
Experiments: 40
Replicated at 4 to 8 locations
Plots: 16,710
The number of complete experiments lost: 0
The number of total reps lost: 39 (17.0%)
The Number of Reps Lost Each Year
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1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
GEM-Ames trial summary
- 2015
There are 482 top crosses that out-performed the
mean yield of 11 checks (15.4% of 3140 entries of the
top crosses)
Of these 482 GEM top crosses, 401 were from the
first year tests and 81 from the retest
The range of CV’s for yield was from 6.2 to 18.2%
(7.1-14.4% last year ) and the mean of the CV’s is
11.7% (last year 10.0%)
GEM-Ames trial summary
The deviation of CV means since year 2005
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2.00
1.00
0.00
2004
-1.00
-2.00
-3.00
2006
2008
2010
2012
2014
2016
Special Thanks to the Companies
Conducted Yield Trial In-Kind Support
(2015)
AgReliant Genetics, LLC
Illinois Foundation Seeds, Inc.
Beck’s Superior Hybrids, Inc.
KMR Inc.
CRD Advisors, LLC
Monsanto Company
DKD Genetics
Wyffels Hybrids
Attendants of GEM Annual Meeting
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The End
Usage of GEM-Ames website
Cumulative Visitors’ Map
Usage of GEM-Ames website
Top Ten Operating System used
GEM-Ames Data on Website
Corn images for GEM-Ames released lines (in PDF
format):
70 images as a total (from yr 05 to 12)
Observation data of breeding crosses: year 2009 to 2012
Characterization data: year 2006 to 2012
Disease data from year 2007 to 2013
Lab NIR data and DSC data
Yield trial data from 1999 to 2013
GEM-Ames trial summary
- 2014
Total entries of yield trials by year
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