SAES-422 Multistate Research Activity Accomplishments Report
Sections
Status: Approved
Basic Information
- Project No. and Title: NCCC167 : Corn Breeding Research
- Period Covered: 10/01/2017 to 09/30/2018
- Date of Report: 02/02/2019
- Annual Meeting Dates: 12/04/2017 to 12/05/2017
Participants
For the annual meeting we had 80 online registrants (see list below), plus walk-ins, representing 25 different organizations/institutions. The decision to hold a joint meeting with the International Sweet Corn Development Association was well received and provided a diversity of participants and a rich scientific atmosphere. Andorf, Carson, USDA-ARS Anibas, Calli, UW-Madison - Agronomy Basso, Federico, Semillas Basso Beiriger, Robert, University of Florida IFAS - EREC Bott, Justin, Wisconsin Crop Improvement Association Brucker, Eric, Illinois Foundation Seeds, Inc. Bubeck, David, Dowdupont - Pioneer Buckler, Edward , USDA-ARS Bugel, Jamie, UW-Madison Burdo, Brett, UW-Madison - Agronomy Carlone, Mario, DuPont Pioneer Conley, Emily, Seneca Foods Craig, Valerie, University of Guelph D'Angelo, Chris, Illinois Foundation Seeds Inc. De Leon, Natalia, UW-Madison Dhaliwal, Daljeet, University of Illinois - Crop Sciences Edwards, Jode, USDA ARS Ertl, David, Iowa Corn Falcon, Celeste, UW-Madison - Agronomy Flint-Garcia, Sherry, USDA-ARS Gage, Joe, UW-Madison - Agronomy Gardiner, Jack, University of Missouri-Columbia Gardner, Candice, USDA-ARS Plant Introduction Ghavami, Farhad, Eurofins Biodiagnostics Good, Byron, University of Guelph Gustafson, Tim, Monsanto Company Han, Mengqiao, University of Illinois Hislop, Lillian , UW-Madison Jenweerawat, Sujin, Kasetsart University Jiang, Yunfei, University of Guelph Kaeppler, Shawn, UW-Madison - Agronomy Kaleikau, Ed, USDA NIFA Klein, Stephanie, The Pennsylvania State University Knoll, Joseph, USDA-ARS Lamkey, Kendall, Iowa State University Larson, Dana, Agrivida Lauter, Nick, USDA-ARS Lee, Elizabeth, University of Guelph Li, Zhi, University of Minnesota Lübberstedt, Thomas, Iowa State University Maclean, Dustin, University of Guelph Manerus, Laura, University of Guelph Mccluskey, Cathleen, UW-Madison Mcfarland, Bridget, UW-Madison - Agronomy Mcninch, Colton, Iowa State University Michel, Kathryn, UW-Madison - Agronomy Michelini, Luiz Antonio, Del Monte Foods, Inc. Millard, Mark, USDA-ARS Plant Introduction Minor, Travis, USDA/Economic Research Service Naugle, Clinton, Illinois Foundation Seeds Inc Parr, Broderick, USDA/Economic Research Service Paulsmeyer, Michael, University of Illinois Peters, David, USDA-ARS Plant Introduction Phipps, Rex, Illinois Foundation Seeds, Inc. Posekany, Tes, Iowa State University Resende, Marcio, University of Florida Ritchie, Steven, Agrivida Roberts, Lucas, University of Illinois Rodriguez, Jonas, UW-Madison - Agronomy Romay, Cinta, Cornell University Ruiz, Baudelia, UW-Madison Scott, Paul , USDA-ARS Settles, A. Mark, University of Florida Shuler, Stacie, UW-Madison Studer, Anthony, University of Illinois Thompson, Addie, Purdue University Thompson, Charlie, Illinois Foundation Seeds, Inc. Twohey, Robert, University of Illinois Vanous, Adam , Iowa State University Varela, Jose, UW-Madison - Agronomy Verzegnazzi, Anderson, Iowa Sate University Virden, Selena, Illinois Foundation Seeds Inc. Wallace, Jason, University of Georgia White, Mike, UW-Madison - Agronomy Williams, Marty, USDA-ARS Wohleb, Carrie, Washington State University Xu, Wenwei, Texas A&M Agrilife Research Yu, Jianming, Iowa State University Zhu, Yonghui, UW-Madison - Agronomy Zystro, Jared, UW – Madison
The NCCC167 business meeting was held during the final timeslot of the annual meeting. The business meeting was Chaired by Anthony Studer (University of Illinois) and the Secretary was Nick Lauter (USDA-ARS). The 2017 Annual Meeting minutes were approved. The Treasurer, Natalia de Leon (University of Wisconsin), gave an update on finances with the conclusion that the group remains in good financial standing. The group voted to have Nick Lauter and Natalia de Leon continue as Secretary and Treasurer, respectively. Wenwei Xu (Texas A&M University) was elected Chair of the 2019 Meeting. The timing and location of the 2019 meeting was discussed. The success of the joint meeting between the NCCC167 and sweetcorn group was acknowledge, but the decision about the timing and location of future meetings will be left to the Chair. Wenwei indicated his intent to hold the NCCC167 annual meeting in conjunction with the Maize Genetics Conference in St. Louis in March of 2019. The group proposed that Tiffany Jamann (University of Illinois) should be approached about chairing the 2020 meeting. The group also discussed methods for expanding the group, including expanding the list serve, and actively inviting research groups at Universities that are not active in the NCCC167 group.
Monday, December 4th
7:30am Registration
8:00am Opening Remarks
Larry Darrah Student Presentations
Session 1:
8:15am Brett, Burdo, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Single Crosses vs Testcrosses for Training Hybrid Prediction
8:35am Matheus, Baseggio, Cornell University
Nutritional Genomics for Sweet Corn: Improving Vitamin Levels for Human Health and Nutrition
8:55am Stephanie Klein, Pennsylvania State University
Identifying Root Phenes to Improve Maize Performance in Nitrogen- and Water-Restricted Environments
9:15am Daljeet Dhaliwal, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Optimum Plant Density for Crowding Stress Tolerant Processing Sweet Corn in the U.S. Midwest
9:35am Valerie Craig, University of Guelph
Identification of a Unique Spectral Signature of Black Layer Formation in Maize (Zea mays L.)
9:55 Break
Session 2:
10:25am Kathleen Miller, University of Wisconsin-Madison
QTLs Affecting Sweet Corn Carbohydrate Content and Eating Quality in sugary1
10:45am Michael Paulsmeyer, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
Mapping the Reduced Acylated Anthocyanin Phenotype in Maize
11:05am Jared Zystro, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Efficient Methods to Develop New Sweet Corn Cultivars for Organic Systems
11:25am Colton McNinch, Iowa State University
The Role of Rolling Leaves: Phenomic Dissection of the Interplay Among Drought Responses Across a Diverse Panel of Maize Lines
11:45am Stacie Shuler, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Improving Quality and Increasing Genetic Diversity in Sweet Corn via Phytoglycogen-type Endosperm Mutants
12:05pm Lunch (Not Provided)
1:30pm Marty Williams, USDA-ARS
Genotype Adoption in Processing Sweet Corn Relates to Yield Stability in Case Production
2:00pm Mario Carlone, DuPont Pioneer
Triumphs and Tribulations of Long-term Germplasm Development
2:30pm Greg Nuessly, University of Florida
History and present efforts to add plant resistance to an integrated management program against multiple maize pests in Florida
3:00pm Break
3:30pm Shawn Kaeppler, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Advancing Crop Genetic Engineering Capacity to Enable Public-sector Research and Development
4:00pm Robert Beiriger, University of Florida
Seedling Blights, Stalk and Ear Rots of Corn in South Florida
4:30pm Thomas Lubberstedt, Iowa State University
Economize Doubled Haploids by Spontaneous Haploid Genome Doubling
5:00pm ISCDA Business Meeting
Tuesday, December 5th
8:00am Marcio Resende, University of Florida
Genomic Selection, Genome Sequencing and Gene-Editing Applied to Sweet Corn
8:30am Jason Wallace, University of Georgia
The Maize Microbiome as a Target for Breeding and Management
9:00am Tim Gustafson, Monsanto
Complexity of Potyvirus Resistance in the Wisconsin Diversity Panel
9:30am Break
10:00am Sherry Flint-Garcia, USDA-ARS
Exploring Kernel Evolution: From Teosinte to Maize
10:30am Curt Hannah, University of Florida
Genetic Control of Starch Content in Various Maize Tissues
11:00am Nick Hausman, USDA-ARS
Root Lodging in Sweet Corn: Does Planting Population Affect Susceptibility?
11:30am Travis Minor, USDA-ERS
Update on the US Corn Market
12:00pm NCCC167 Business Meetings
12:30pm Adjourned
Accomplishments
The Annual Meeting was a success as measured by both the number of attendees and the number of research programs represented. The strength of the scientific program and attendance of participating members is important to meeting the objectives of this multistate committee. Research communication through presentations and conversations is paramount to coordinating larger research efforts, reducing unnecessary redundancy, and enriching the science of plant breeding. The timing of the annual meeting allows for meaningful discussion of upcoming the field season, which often sparks collaboration. In addition to the presentations and discussions about individual research programs, this year’s invited presentations were selected to foster a broader discussion of efforts for germplasm development and transformation. Specifically this included the need to incorporate elite off patent lines in research programs to phase out, or at least supplement, historical inbreds. Furthermore, a coordinated effort should be made to bolster genetic and genomic resources on a select subset. Transformation technology and capacity were also discussed. Many of the research talks highlighted new methods and technologies including genome editing, which is reliant on transformation. Discussion of the transformation capacity and capability of the community highlighted challenges and opportunities facing the community.
A significant outcome of the NCCC167 group and associated annual meeting is the training of students in plant breeding. One of the unique aspects of the annual meeting is the low cost for students and the dedicated student presentation sessions. It is important to provide students with the opportunity to present their research for both scientific feedback and practice communicate their results. The 2018 Larry Darrah student presentation award went to Stacie Shuler from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Beyond improving student presentation skills, the annual meeting also gives students the opportunity to hear unpublished results from other research programs studying various aspects of plant breeding, discuss research with their peers, and directly approach PIs, Program Officers from funding agencies, and company representatives.
Impacts
- The most significant, yet difficult to quantify, impacts of the NCCC167 annual meeting are the collaborative interactions among research groups, and between research groups and Program Officers from funding agencies and company representatives. These interactions embody the purpose of multistate committees and lead to more robust research in plant breeding. It is clear from the number of attendees from these external groups that the research fostered by this multistate committee is of relevance to the stakeholders that it seeks to serve.