Brief Summary of Minutes of Annual Meeting

2013 NCRPIS Collection Statistics (calendar year stats): # Accessions Acquired - 192; # Accession in Collection - 52,605; # Grown for Regeneration - 1,184; # Observations entered into GRIN - 7,269; # Accessions Distributed Externally - 17,788; # Packets Distributed - 40,409 The Germplasm Enhancement of Maize Project (GEM), in collaboration with ISU faculty and other investigators, completed development of over 200 doubled haploid maize lines derived from 60 maize landraces. These will be released as a public research resource in 2014. In addition, 8 newly released lines (conventional breeding) were released from the GEM Project for distribution in 2014 from the Ames, IA and Raleigh, NC GEM projects. These lines offer unique alleles from tropical germplasm for disease resistance and quality traits. Illinois:  The impact of nitrogen fertility on seasonal variations in leaf traits was investigated across a canopy profile in Miscanthus (Miscanthus × giganteus Kansas State University:  Annual winter canola variety trials were conducted to evaluate performance across the southern Great Plains with respect to stand establishment, winter survival, yield, forage yield and other key traits. Michigan State University:  Strawberry fruit sensorial and nutritional qualities generated by Fragaria inter-species and intra-species crosses were evaluated on 78 offspring. Michigan State University:  A cherry-peach comparative genomics strategy was used to develop a moderate-density cherry SNP array relevant for sweet and sour cherry breeding germplasm based on SNPs discovered using next generation sequencing platforms. University of Nebraska:  One of the limitations to successful production of switchgrass in the North Central Region of the USA is poor seedling establishment affected by the interaction between seedling depth and soil characteristics. These factors were examined in greenhouse and field experiments. South Dakota State University: The effect of warm season grass monocultures and mixtures (switchgrass, indian grass, and big blue stem) on yield and chemical characteristics of biomass were evaluated

Publications 2013: *Illinois* Anderson, E.K., Parrish, A.S., Voight, T.B., Owens, V.N., Hong, C-H., and Lee, D.K. 2013. Nitrogen fertility and harvest management of switchgrass for sustainable bioenergy feedstock production in Illinois. Industrial Crops and Products 48:19-27. Boe, A., Owens, V., Gonzalez-Hernandez, J., and Lee, D.K. 2013. Seed Set in Prairie Cordgrass. Crop Sci.53:403410. doi:10.2135/cropsci2012.04.0250 Kim, S., Rayburn, A.L., Voligt, T.B., Ainouche, M.L., Ainouche, A.K., and Lee, D.K. 2013. Chloroplast DNA intraspecific phylogeography of cordgrass (Spartina pectinata Bosc ex Link). Plant Mol Biol Rep 31:1376-1383. Doi 10.1007/s/11105-013-0619-7. Voight, T.B., Lee, D.K., and Kling, G. 2013. Perennial herbacious crops with potential for biofuel production in the temperate regions of the USA. In: Plant Sciences Reviews 2012, CAB International, Boston, MA.. Ed David Hemming. Pg 45-53. Wang, D., Maughan, M. W., Sun, J., Feng, X., Miguez, F., Lee, D. and Dietze, M. C. (2012), Impact of nitrogen allocation on growth and photosynthesis of Miscanthus (Miscanthus × giganteus). GCB Bioenergy, 4: 688697. doi: 10.1111/j.1757-1707.2012.01167.x Seong, E.S., Yoo, J.H., Lee, J.G., Kim, H.Y., Hwang, I.S., Heo, K., Lim, J.D., Lee, D.K., Sacks, E.J., and Yu, C.Y. 2013. Transient overexpression of the Miscanthus sinensis glucose-6-phosphate isomerase gene (MsGPI) in Nicotiana benthamiana enhances expression of genes related to antioxidant metabolism. PlantOmics J 6(6):408-414. Zhang, C., Zhongyi, L., Yang, W., Pan, L., Gu, M., and Lee, D.K. 2013. Assessment of metals pollution on agricultural soil surrounding a lead-zinc mining area in the Karst region of Guangxi, China. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol. 90(6):736-741. Zhang, C., Zhang, P., Mo, C., Yang, W., Li, Q., Pan, L., and Lee, D.K. 2013. Cadmium uptake, chemical forms, subcellular distribution, and accumulation in Echinodorus osiris Rataj. Environ Sci.: Processes Impacts 15:1459-1465. *Kansas*  George, N., Tungate, K., and Stamm, M. 2012. Exploring genotype by environment interaction in winter canola in North Carolina. J of Agricultural Sci (Toronto). 492): 237-244. Stamm, M. Berrada, A., Buck, J., Cabot, P., Claassen, M.,Cramer, G., Dooley, S.J., Godsey, C., Heer, W., Holman, J., Johnson, J., Kochenower, R., Krall, J., Ladd, D., Moore, J., ONeill, M.K., Pearson, C., Phillips, D.V., Rife, C.L., Santra, D., Sidwel, R., Sij, J., Starner, D., and Wiebold, W., 2012. Registration of Riley winter canola. J of Plant Registrations. 6(3): 243-245. Stamm, M., and Dooley, S. (2012). 2011 National Winter Canola Variety Trial. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, Kansas State University. *Michigan*  Chagné, D., Crowhurst, R.N., Troggio, M., Davey, M.W., Gilmore, B., Lawley C., Vanderzande, S., Hellens, R.P., Kumar, S., Cestaro A., Velasco, R., Main D., Rees, J.D., Iezzoni, A., Mockler, T., Wilhelm, L., Van de Weg, E., Gardiner, S.E., Bassil, N., and Peace, C. 2012. Genome-wide SNP detection, validation, and development of an 8K SNP array for apple. PloS ONE 7(2):e31745. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0031745 De Franceschi, P., Stegmeir, T., Cabrera, A., van der Knaap, E., Rosyara, U.R., Sebolt, A.M., Dondini, L., Dirlewanger, E., Quero-Garcia, J., Campoy, J.A., and Iezzoni, A.F. 2013. Cell number regulator genes in Prunus provide candidate genese for the control of fruit size in sweet and sour cherry. Mol Breeding 32:311-326. Diamanti, J., Capocasa, F., Balducci, F., Battino, M., Hancock, J., and Mezzetti, B. 2012. Increasing Strawberry Fruit Sensorial and Nutritional Quality Using Wild and Cultivated Germplasm. PLoS ONE 7(10): e46470. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0046470 Finn, C.E., Retamales, J.B., Lobos, G.A., and Hancock, J.F. 2013. The Chilean Strawberry (Fragaria chiloensis): Over 1000 Years of Domestication. Hort Science 48(4): 418-421 Peace, C., Bassil, N., Main, D., Ficklin, S., Rosyara, U.R., Stegmeir, T., Sebolt, A., Gilmore, B. Lawley, C., Mockler, T.C., Bryant, D.W., Wilhelm, L., and Iezzoni, A. 2012. Development and Evaluation of a Genome-Wide 6K SNP Array for Diploid Sweet Cherry and Tetraploid Sour Cherry. PLoS ONE 7(12): e48305. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0048305 Klagges, C., Campoy, J.A., Quero-Garcia, J., Mansur, L., Gratacós, E., Silva, H., Rosyara, U.R., Iezzoni, A., Meisell, L.A., Dirlewanger, and E., Lacape, J-M. 2013. Construction and Comparative Analyses of Highly Dense Linkage Maps of Two Sweet Cherry Intra-Specific Progenies of Commercial Cultivars. PLoS ONE 8(1): e54743.doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0054743 *Nebraska*  Pavlista, A.D., Hergert, G., Santra, D.K., and Schild, J.A. 2013. Improving Bean Harvest with Gibberellic Acid. Hort Technol. 23(3):282-287. Rose, D.J., and Santra, D.K. 2013.Proso millet (Panicum mileaceum L.) fermentation for fuel ethanol production. Industrial Crops and Products. 43:602-605. Santra, M., Ankrah, N., Santra, D.K., and Kidwell, K.K. 2012. An Improved Wheat Microspore Culture Technique for the Production of Doubled Haploid Plants. Crop Sci 52(5): 2314-2320. *North Dakota*  Berti, M.T., and Johnson, B.L. 2013. Switchgrass establishment as affected by seedling depth and soil type. Industrial Crops and Products. 41:289-293. Gesch, R.W., and Johnson, B.L. 2013. Post-anthesis development of oil content and composition with respect to seed moisture in two high-oleic sunflower hybrids in the northern US. Field Crops Research. 148:1-8. Solis, A., Vidal, I., Paulino, L., Johnson, B.L., and Berti, M. T. 2013. Camelina seed yield response to nitrogen, sulfur, and phosphorus fertilizer in South Central Chile. Industrial Crops and Products. 44:132-138. *South Dakota*  Boe, A., Owens, V., Gonzalez-Hernandez, J., and Lee, D.K. 2013. Seed Set in Prairie Cordgrass. Crop Sci.53:403410. doi:10.2135/cropsci2012.04.0250 Hong, C.O., Owens, V.N., Lee, D.K., and Boe, A. 2013. Switchgrass, Big Bluestem, and Indiangrass Monocultures and Their Two- and Three-Way Mixtures for Bioenergy in the Northern Great Plains. Bioenerg Res 6:229-239. *Texas*  Pavlista, A.D., Santra, D.K., and Baltensperger, D.D. 2013. Bioassay of Winter Wheat for Gibberellic Acid Sensitivity. Am J Plant Sci. 4(10): 2-15-2022. Thompson, W.H., Pietsch, D., Blumenthal, J.M., Ibrahim, A.M.H., Baltensperger, D.D. 2012. Agronomic Optimum Seeding Rate for Irrigated Maize in Texas is Concomitant to Growing Season Mean Daily Minimum Temperature. J of Agron and Crop Sci. 199(4):299-307. NCRPIS- Barney, D.L., Bauer, M., Jensen, J. 2013. Survival, frost susceptibility, growth, and disease resistance of corkbark and subalpine fir grown for landscape and Christmas trees. HortTechnology. 23:194-200. Berhow, M.A., Polat, U., Glinski, J.A., Glensk, M., Vaughn, S.F., Isbell, T., Ayala-Diaz, I., Marek, L., Gardner, C.A. 2013. Optimized analysis and quantification of glucosinolates from Camelina sativa seeds by reverse-phase liquid chromatography. Industrial Crops and Products. 43:119-125. Dutta, B., Block, C.C., Stevenson, K.L., Sanders, F., Walcott, R.R., Gitaitis, R.D. 2013. Distribution of phytopathogenic bacteria in infested seeds. Seed Science and Technology. 41:383-397. Henry, W.B., Windham, G.L., Rowe, D.E., Blanco, M.H., Murray, S.C., Williams, W.P. 2013. Diallel analysis of diverse maize germplasm lines for resistance to aflatoxin accumulation. Crop Science. 53:394-402. Romay, M.C., Millard, M.J., Glaubitz, J.C., Peiffer, J.A., Swarts, K.L., Casstevens, T.M., Elshire, R.J., Acharya, C.B., Mitchell, S.E., Flint Garcia, S.A., McMullen, M.D., Holland, J.B., Buckler IV, E.S., Gardner, C.A. 2013. Comprehensive genotyping of the US national maize inbred seed bank. Genome Biology. 14(6):1-18. Yangcheng, H., Jiang, H., Blanco, M.H., Jane, J. 2013. Characterization of normal and waxy corn starch for bioethanol production. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 61:379-386. Books or other non-periodical, one-time publications 2013: Block, C., Shepherd, L. and Pataky. J. 2013. Detection of Pantoea stewartii ssp. stewartii from maize seeds. Book Chapter submitted to the American Phytopathological Society. Accepted June 13, 2013. Mandel, J.R., Nambeesan, S., Bowers, J.E., Marek, L.F., Ebert, D., et al. (2013) Association Mapping and the Genomic Consequences of Selection in Sunflower. PLoS Genet 9(3): e1003378. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1003378 Dhillon, N.P.S., Monforte, A.J., Pitrat, M., Pandey, S., Singh, P.K., Reitsma, K.R., Garcia-Mas, J., Sharma, A., McCreight, J.D. 2012. Melon Landraces of India: Contributions and Importance. J. Janick, Editor. Plant Breeding Reviews 35:85-151. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Hoboken, NJ, publishers. Shepherd, L., and Block, C. 2013. Detection of Pseudomonas savastanoi pv. glycinea in soybean seeds. Book Chapter submitted to the American Phytopathological Society. Accepted June 13, 2013. Shepherd, L., Block, C. and Vidaver, A. 2013. Detection of Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. nebraskensis in maize seeds Book Chapter submitted to the American Phytopathological Society. Accepted June 13, 2013. Other publications, conference papers and presentations 2013: Jensen, J., Barney, D.L., Bauer, M. 2013. Growing corkbark fir and subalpine fir for nursery production. Pacific Northwest Extension Publication. 645:1-11. Mickelbart, M., Carstens, J.D., Daniel, K., Gosney, M. 2013. Evaluation of Native U.S. Trees at Purdue. Indiana Nursery and Landscape News. 73(1):22-25. Mickelbart, M., Carstens, J.D., Gosney, M. 2012. Evaluation of Native U.S. Shrubs at Purdue. Indiana Nursery and Landscape News. 75(5):22-24.