| COMMENT | Notes and Remarks | Observations 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.NCIANYMO | NSL 30890 08ncai01 SD | |
| DISEASE | Northern Leaf Blight | Leaf response to northern leaf blight organism (Exserhilum turcicum [Pass.] Leonard & Suggs - previous name was Helminthosporium turcicum. | 7 - 7 on a scale 0 = No symptoms observed, 9 = Severe disease development | 18 | MAIZE.NLB.PIONEER.JOHNSTON.2015 | NSL 30890 08ncai01 SD | |
| DISEASE | Stewarts Wilt | Plant 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. | 26 | MAIZE.STEWARTS.NCRPIS.2010 | NSL 30890 08ncai01 SD | |
| GROWTH | Plant Height | Height of the plant from ground level to the top of the tassel at full growth measured in centimeters (cm). | 195.00000 | 5 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2001 | NSL 30890 01ncfo01 SD | Not Available |
| MORPHOLOGY | Tassel Type | Classification of the amount of tassel branching from no branching to beyond tertiary tassel branching. | 2 - Branching to secondary tassel branches only. No tertiary tassel branches. (100%) | 5 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2001 | NSL 30890 01ncfo01 SD | Not Available |
| MORPHOLOGY | Peduncle Height | Distance from ground level to the node where the tassel emerges on the central stalk. | 138 | 5 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2001 | NSL 30890 01ncfo01 SD | Not Available |
| MORPHOLOGY | Bottom Tassel Branch Height | Distance from ground level to the insertion point on the tassel stem of the bottom tassel branch of the central stalk. | 154 | 5 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2001 | NSL 30890 01ncfo01 SD | Not Available |
| MORPHOLOGY | Top Tassel Branch Height | Distance from ground level to the insertion point on the tassel stem of the upper most tassel branch of the central stalk. | 165 | 5 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2001 | NSL 30890 01ncfo01 SD | Not Available |
| MORPHOLOGY | Node Number Above the Ear | Number of Nodes on the main stalk starting at the node above the ear node up to and including the peduncle node. | 5 | 5 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2001 | NSL 30890 01ncfo01 SD | Not Available |
| MORPHOLOGY | Kernel Type | KERNEL TYPE | C - DENT (100%) | 85 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2008.PLANTING2 | NSL 30890 08ncai01 SD | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Kernel Type | KERNEL TYPE | D - SEMIDENT (100%) | 20 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2001 | NSL 30890 01ncai01 SD | Not Available |
| MORPHOLOGY | Kernel Color | KERNEL COLOR | B - YELLOW (100%) | 20 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2001 | NSL 30890 01ncai01 SD | Not Available |
| MORPHOLOGY | Kernel Color | KERNEL COLOR | B - YELLOW (100%) | 85 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2008.PLANTING2 | NSL 30890 08ncai01 SD | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Kernel Row Arrangement | ARRANGEMENT OF KERNEL ROWS FROM THE BASE TO THE TIP OF THE EAR. | 1 - REGULAR (100%) | 20 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2001 | NSL 30890 01ncai01 SD | Not Available |
| MORPHOLOGY | Kernel Row Arrangement | ARRANGEMENT OF KERNEL ROWS FROM THE BASE TO THE TIP OF THE EAR. | 1 - REGULAR (100%) | 85 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2008.PLANTING2 | NSL 30890 08ncai01 SD | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Kernel row Number | NUMBER OF KERNEL ROWS COUNTED ON THE CENTRAL PART OF THE UPPERMOST EAR ON THE PLANT. | 0 | 20 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2001 | NSL 30890 01ncai01 SD | Not Available |
| MORPHOLOGY | Kernel row Number | NUMBER OF KERNEL ROWS COUNTED ON THE CENTRAL PART OF THE UPPERMOST EAR ON THE PLANT. | 0 | 85 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2008.PLANTING2 | NSL 30890 08ncai01 SD | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Ear Length | LENGTH OF THE EAR IN CENTIMETERS. | 15 | 20 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2001 | NSL 30890 01ncai01 SD | Not Available |
| MORPHOLOGY | Ear Length | LENGTH OF THE EAR IN CENTIMETERS. | 17.3 | 85 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2008.PLANTING2 | NSL 30890 08ncai01 SD | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Ear Diameter | DIAMETER OF THE EAR IN CENTIMETERS MEASURED AT THE CENTRAL PART OF THE UPPERMOST EAR ON THE PLANT. | 3.6 | 20 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2001 | NSL 30890 01ncai01 SD | Not Available |
| MORPHOLOGY | Ear Diameter | DIAMETER OF THE EAR IN CENTIMETERS MEASURED AT THE CENTRAL PART OF THE UPPERMOST EAR ON THE PLANT. | 3.9 | 85 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2008.PLANTING2 | NSL 30890 08ncai01 SD | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Ear Height | HEIGHT OF THE TOP EAR ON THE CENTRAL STALK FROM GROUND LEVEL TO THE NODE WHERE THE EAR ATTACHES TO THE STALK. | 75 | 5 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2001 | NSL 30890 01ncfo01 SD | Not Available |
| MORPHOLOGY | Cob Color | COLOR OF THE COB | 1 - WHITE (100%) | 20 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2001 | NSL 30890 01ncai01 SD | Not Available |
| MORPHOLOGY | Cob Color | COLOR OF THE COB | 1 - WHITE (100%) | 85 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2008.PLANTING2 | NSL 30890 08ncai01 SD | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Cob Color | COLOR OF THE COB | 1 - WHITE (100%) | 2 | MAIZE.OBS.INBRED.DIVERSITY.2011.IA | NSL 30890 08ncai01 SD | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Upper Kernel Shape | SHAPE OF THE UPPER SURFACE OF THE KERNEL. | 2 - INDENTED (100%) | 20 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2001 | NSL 30890 01ncai01 SD | Not Available |
| MORPHOLOGY | Upper Kernel Shape | SHAPE OF THE UPPER SURFACE OF THE KERNEL. | 2 - INDENTED (100%) | 85 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2008.PLANTING2 | NSL 30890 08ncai01 SD | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Ear Number | NUMBER OF EARS WITH KERNELS ON THE MAIN STEM | 1.4 | 5 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2001 | NSL 30890 01ncfo01 SD | Not Available |
| MORPHOLOGY | Node Number | Number of Nodes on the main stalk from ground level up to and including the peduncle node. | 12 | 5 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2001 | NSL 30890 01ncfo01 SD | Not Available |
| MORPHOLOGY | Tiller Number | NUMBER OF TILLERS PER PLANT | 1.6 | 5 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2001 | NSL 30890 01ncfo01 SD | Not Available |
| MORPHOLOGY | Endosperm Color | COLOR OF THE HARD ENDOSPERM LAYER | 4 - YELLOW (100%) | 20 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2001 | NSL 30890 01ncai01 SD | Not Available |
| MORPHOLOGY | Endosperm Color | COLOR OF THE HARD ENDOSPERM LAYER | 4 - YELLOW (100%) | 85 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2008.PLANTING2 | NSL 30890 08ncai01 SD | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Ear Shape | SHAPE OF THE UPPERMOST EAR | 1 - CYLINDRICAL (20%) | 85 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2008.PLANTING2 | NSL 30890 08ncai01 SD | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Ear Shape | SHAPE OF THE UPPERMOST EAR | 2 - CYLINDRICAL - CONICAL (100%) | 20 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2001 | NSL 30890 01ncai01 SD | Not Available |
| MORPHOLOGY | Ear Shape | SHAPE OF THE UPPERMOST EAR | 2 - CYLINDRICAL - CONICAL (80%) | 85 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2008.PLANTING2 | NSL 30890 08ncai01 SD | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Aleurone Color | The 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%) | 20 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2001 | NSL 30890 01ncai01 SD | Not Available |
| MORPHOLOGY | Aleurone Color | The 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%) | 85 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2008.PLANTING2 | NSL 30890 08ncai01 SD | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Pericarp Color | THE COLOR AND THE PATTERN OF THE PERICARP. THE FIRST NUMBER IS THE COLOR, THE SECOND NUMBER IS THE PATTERN. | 11 - COLORLESS / UNIFORM (100%) | 20 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2001 | NSL 30890 01ncai01 SD | Not Available |
| MORPHOLOGY | Pericarp Color | THE COLOR AND THE PATTERN OF THE PERICARP. THE FIRST NUMBER IS THE COLOR, THE SECOND NUMBER IS THE PATTERN. | 11 - COLORLESS / UNIFORM (100%) | 85 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2008.PLANTING2 | NSL 30890 08ncai01 SD | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Glume Development | Glume development | 1 - None (100%) | 20 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2001 | NSL 30890 01ncai01 SD | Not Available |
| MORPHOLOGY | Glume Development | Glume development | 1 - None (100%) | 85 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2008.PLANTING2 | NSL 30890 08ncai01 SD | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Colored Silk Scar | Colored Silk Scar | N - Colored silk scar is not present (100%) | 20 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2001 | NSL 30890 01ncai01 SD | Not Available |
| MORPHOLOGY | Colored Silk Scar | Colored Silk Scar | N - Colored silk scar is not present (100%) | 85 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2008.PLANTING2 | NSL 30890 08ncai01 SD | |
| PHENOLOGY | GDU SILKING F LAT40-49 | Growing 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. | 1534 | 10 | MAIZE.OBS.INBRED.DIVERSITY.2010.NY | NSL 30890 08ncai01 SD | |
| PHENOLOGY | GDU SILKING F LAT40-49 | Growing 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. | 1576 | 7 | MAIZE.OBS.INBRED.DIVERSITY.2010.IA | NSL 30890 08ncai01 SD | |
| PRODUCTION | 1000 Kernel Weight | The weight of 1000 kernels measured in grams, preferably with the weight adjusted to 10% moisture content. | 251 | 85 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2008.PLANTING2 | NSL 30890 08ncai01 SD | |