Details for: PI 690375, Zea mays L. subsp. mays, NC240A


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Zea mays L. subsp. mays
Top Name:
NC240A
Origin:
Developed – North Carolina, United States
Received by NPGS:
24 Apr 1989
Improvement Status:
Breeding material
Reproductive Uniformity:

Highly inbred
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Annual
Life Cycle:
Annual
Availability
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Zea mays L. subsp. mays
Top Name:
NC240A
Origin:
Developed – North Carolina, United States
Received by NPGS:
24 Apr 1989
Improvement Status:
Breeding material
Reproductive Uniformity:

Highly inbred
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Annual
Life Cycle:
Annual
Source History
Developed

North Carolina, United States

Developer(s):
Donated
24 April 1989.
North Carolina, United States

Donor(s):
Accession Group(s)
Group name: Maize.Group.Ames.Panel.2010
Note: Original inbred accessions sent as Ames Panel in 2010.
To search for accessions in this group, click the following link. Maize.Group.Ames.Panel.2010

Accession Names and Identifiers
NC240A
Type: Unverified name

Ames 12736
Type: Site identifier
Group: AMES
NC-7
USDA ARS NCRPIS

Goodman 41(83)
Type: Other or unclassified name
Goodman, Major M. North Carolina State University

Narrative
NC240A is a yel dent inbred derived from a cross of L578/ NC601. Subseq. select. was for low ear ht. and resulted in a brachytic - 2 type plant w/modifiers for ear ht. Has lg knls but in some yrs. knl rots devel. NC240A has shown good yield and mod. resist. to lodging. NC240A is AES1100 maturity and under high temperature growing conditions will shed pollen approx. ten days later than B37.
Zea mays L. subspp. mays
Genus:
Zea
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Andropogoneae
Subtribe:
Tripsacinae
Nomen number:

311987
Verified:
07/15/1987 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Zea mays L. (1531 active accession[s])
Zea mays L. subsp. huehuetenangensis (H. H. Iltis & Doebley) Doebley (6 active accession[s])
Zea mays L. subsp. mexicana (Schrad.) H. H. Iltis (128 active accession[s])
Zea mays L. subsp. parviglumis H. H. Iltis & Doebley (250 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Autonym(s)
Zea mays L. var. mays

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishcorn  1Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Englishdent corn  1Terrell, E. E. et al. 1986. Agricultural Handbook no. 505
Englishfield corn  1Terrell, E. E. et al. 1986. Agricultural Handbook no. 505
Englishflint corn  1Terrell, E. E. et al. 1986. Agricultural Handbook no. 505
Englishmaize  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Englishpod corn  1Terrell, E. E. et al. 1986. Agricultural Handbook no. 505
Englishpopcorn  1Terrell, E. E. et al. 1986. Agricultural Handbook no. 505
Englishsweet corn  1Terrell, E. E. et al. 1986. Agricultural Handbook no. 505
Arabicdura shami  2Boulos, L. 1999-. Flora of Egypt
Chineseyu shu shu玉蜀黍 2Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Frenchmaïs  2Demilly, D. et al. 1996. Liste alphabétique des principales espèces de plantes cultivées et de mauvaises herbes. Noms latins et noms français, ed. 6. Note: GEVES-SNES, Beaucouzé, France
GermanMais  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Italiangranoturco  2International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Italianmais  2International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Japanese Rōmajitō-morokoshi  2Batra, L. R. 1995. Names of Japanese plants sorted by their Japanese names in Romanized Katakana and scientific nomenclature
Portuguesemilho  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishmaíz  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedishmajs  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Koreangangnaengi  2Mun-Chan, B. et al. 1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:134.
Transcribed Koreanogsusu  2Lee, Y. N. 1997. Flora of Korea.
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Pedigree
Date released:
1963
Description:
(L578^3 x NC601)L578 The pedigree of NC601 is [commercial hybrid containing Va39] br2.

Observations

Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
COMMENTNotes and RemarksObservations made by cooperators or curators while evaluating or regenerating germplasm. Usually these observations are not published and need verification or there are too few observations of this type to promote a separate trait.GENE-br2_YES MAIZE.DONOR.ACC.NARRATIVE Not Available
COMMENTNotes and RemarksObservations made by cooperators or curators while evaluating or regenerating germplasm. Usually these observations are not published and need verification or there are too few observations of this type to promote a separate trait.OBSERVATION-NURSERY_YES MAIZE.OBS.INBRED.DIVERSITY.2010.NCIANYMOPI 690375 08ncai01 SD
DISEASEStewarts WiltPlant response to the Stewart's wilt organism (Pantoea stewartii subsp. stewartii (Smith) Mergaert, Verdonck & Kersters) formerly called (Erwinia stewartii (Smith) Dye ). The trait is coded 1-9 with 1 representing the most resistant response and 9 the most susceptible response.4 - (4) Abundant spread bi-directionally in inoculated leaves only.30MAIZE.STEWARTS.NCRPIS.2013PI 690375 08ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGYKernel TypeKERNEL TYPEC - DENT (100%)74MAIZE.INC.AMES.2008.PLANTING2PI 690375 08ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGYKernel ColorKERNEL COLORB - YELLOW (100%)74MAIZE.INC.AMES.2008.PLANTING2PI 690375 08ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGYKernel Row ArrangementARRANGEMENT OF KERNEL ROWS FROM THE BASE TO THE TIP OF THE EAR.1 - REGULAR (100%)74MAIZE.INC.AMES.2008.PLANTING2PI 690375 08ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGYKernel row NumberNUMBER OF KERNEL ROWS COUNTED ON THE CENTRAL PART OF THE UPPERMOST EAR ON THE PLANT.074MAIZE.INC.AMES.2008.PLANTING2PI 690375 08ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGYEar LengthLENGTH OF THE EAR IN CENTIMETERS.1274MAIZE.INC.AMES.2008.PLANTING2PI 690375 08ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGYEar DiameterDIAMETER OF THE EAR IN CENTIMETERS MEASURED AT THE CENTRAL PART OF THE UPPERMOST EAR ON THE PLANT.5.174MAIZE.INC.AMES.2008.PLANTING2PI 690375 08ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGYCob ColorCOLOR OF THE COB1 - WHITE (100%)74MAIZE.INC.AMES.2008.PLANTING2PI 690375 08ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGYCob ColorCOLOR OF THE COB1 - WHITE (100%)2MAIZE.OBS.INBRED.DIVERSITY.2011.IAPI 690375 08ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGYUpper Kernel ShapeSHAPE OF THE UPPER SURFACE OF THE KERNEL.2 - INDENTED (100%)74MAIZE.INC.AMES.2008.PLANTING2PI 690375 08ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGYEndosperm ColorCOLOR OF THE HARD ENDOSPERM LAYER4 - YELLOW (100%)74MAIZE.INC.AMES.2008.PLANTING2PI 690375 08ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGYEar ShapeSHAPE OF THE UPPERMOST EAR2 - CYLINDRICAL - CONICAL (100%)74MAIZE.INC.AMES.2008.PLANTING2PI 690375 08ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGYAleurone ColorThe color and pattern of the kernel aleurone layer. The first entry represents the color and the second number represents the pattern of that color.11 - COLORLESS / UNIFORM (100%)74MAIZE.INC.AMES.2008.PLANTING2PI 690375 08ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGYPericarp ColorTHE COLOR AND THE PATTERN OF THE PERICARP. THE FIRST NUMBER IS THE COLOR, THE SECOND NUMBER IS THE PATTERN.11 - COLORLESS / UNIFORM (100%)74MAIZE.INC.AMES.2008.PLANTING2PI 690375 08ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGYGlume DevelopmentGlume development1 - None (100%)74MAIZE.INC.AMES.2008.PLANTING2PI 690375 08ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGYColored Silk ScarColored Silk ScarN - Colored silk scar is not present (100%)74MAIZE.INC.AMES.2008.PLANTING2PI 690375 08ncai01 SD
PHENOLOGYGDU SILKING F LAT40-49Growing degree units (GDU or GDD) from planting to 50% silking in degrees farenheit. Data is taken at 40 to 49 degrees N or S latitude. This (86,50) system uses the equation ((Tmax+Tmin)/2)-50. Tmax to 86 maximum and Tmin to 50 minimum.21517MAIZE.OBS.INBRED.DIVERSITY.2010.IAPI 690375 08ncai01 SD
PRODUCTION1000 Kernel WeightThe weight of 1000 kernels measured in grams, preferably with the weight adjusted to 10% moisture content.39673MAIZE.INC.AMES.2008.PLANTING2PI 690375 08ncai01 SD