| CHEMICAL | Oil Percentage | Whole kernel oil concentration corrected to a standard moisture level (dry weight basis). Value is expressed in percent oil. The method of obtaining the value is described in the method record and may be by calibrated NIR or using wet lab procedures. | 5.3 | | MAIZE.NIR.DUPONT-PIONEER.2000 | PI 185055 66ncai01 SD | Not Available |
| DISEASE | Northern Leaf Blight | Leaf response to northern leaf blight organism (Exserhilum turcicum [Pass.] Leonard & Suggs - previous name was Helminthosporium turcicum. | 9 - Severe disease development; plants often dead. | | MAIZE.INC.AMES.COMPOSITE.DATA | | Not Available |
| DISEASE | Common Rust | Leaf Response to common rust organism (Puccinia sorghi Schwein.). The trait is coded 1-9 with 1 representing the most resistant response and 9 the most susceptible response.
| 9 - (9) SEVERE DISEASE DEVELOPMENT | | MAIZE.INC.AMES.COMPOSITE.DATA | | Not Available |
| DISEASE | Common Smut | Plant response to the common smut organism (Ustilago zeae(Beckm.) Unger = U. maydis (DC.) Corda)). The trait is coded 1-9 with 1 representing the most resistant response and 9 the most susceptible response. | 9 - MOST PLANTS INFECTED; LARGE GALLS; SEVERE INJURY. | | MAIZE.INC.AMES.COMPOSITE.DATA | | Not Available |
| DISEASE | Diplodia Stalk Rot | STALK RESPONSE TO DIPLODIA STALK ROT ORGANISM (Diplodia maydis (Berc.) Sacc.) | 9 - 96-100% OF INOCULATED INTERNODE ROTTED | | MAIZE.DIPLODIA.MULT | | Not Available |
| GROWTH | Plant Height | Height of the plant from ground level to the top of the tassel at full growth measured in centimeters (cm). | 248.00000 | 10 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2011.PLANTING2 | PI 185055 66ncai01 SD | Not Available |
| GROWTH | Plant Height | Height of the plant from ground level to the top of the tassel at full growth measured in centimeters (cm). | 255.00000 | | MAIZE.INC.AMES.COMPOSITE.DATA | | Not Available |
| GROWTH | Plant Vigor | Visual rating of plant vigor. Rating is based on plant height, breadth, biomass accumulation, and color. | 1 - GOOD | | MAIZE.INC.AMES.COMPOSITE.DATA | | Not Available |
| INSECT | European Corn Borer Gen1 | RESISTANCE TO THE FIRST GENERATION OF EUROPEAN CORN BORER. | 4 - (4) Intermediate response. Several leaves with shot-hole lesions and elongated lesions | | MAIZE.ECB1.AMES.MULT | | Not Available |
| INSECT | European Corn Borer Gen2 | RESISTANCE TO THE SECOND GENERATION OF EUROPEAN CORN BORER. | 7 - (7) (1 = RESISTANT, 9 = SUSCEPTIBLE | | MAIZE.ECB2.AMES.MULT | | Not Available |
| INSECT | Rootworm Root Damage | ROOT DAMAGE FROM ROOTWORM FEEDING | 2 - (2) Feeding scars; but no roots eaten off. | | MAIZE.ROOTWORM.AMES.MULT | | Not Available |
| INSECT | Rootworm Plant Lodging | ROOTWORM RELATED PLANT LODGING. AVERAGE PERCENT OF PLANTS LODGED MORE THAN 30 DEGREES FROM VERTICAL. | 78 | | MAIZE.ROOTWORM.AMES.MULT | | Not Available |
| INSECT | Rootworm Caused Root Size | ROOTWORM RELATED ROOT SIZE GROWTH | 2 - (1 = LARGE ROOT SYSTEM, 9 = SMALL ROOT SYSTEM) | | MAIZE.ROOTWORM.AMES.MULT | | Not Available |
| INSECT | Rootworm Secondary Root Growth | ROOTWORM RELATED SECONDARY ROOT GROWTH | 4 - (1 = PROFUSE, THICK SECONDARY ROOTS, 9 = NO APPRECIABLE SECONDARY ROOTS) | | MAIZE.ROOTWORM.AMES.MULT | | Not Available |
| INSECT | Black Cutworm | RESISTANCE TO BLACK CUTWORM | 7 - (7) (1 = RESISTANT, 9 = SUSCEPTIBLE) | | MAIZE.B.CUTWORM.MULT | | Not Available |
| MORPHOLOGY | Tassel Type | Classification of the amount of tassel branching from no branching to beyond tertiary tassel branching. | 1 - The tassel has branches, but there are no branches on the primary tassel branches. (10%) | 10 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2011.PLANTING2 | PI 185055 66ncai01 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. (30%) | 10 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2011.PLANTING2 | PI 185055 66ncai01 SD | Not Available |
| MORPHOLOGY | Tassel Type | Classification of the amount of tassel branching from no branching to beyond tertiary tassel branching. | 3 - Branching to tertiary tassel branches only. No branches on tertiary branches. (60%) | 10 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2011.PLANTING2 | PI 185055 66ncai01 SD | Not Available |
| MORPHOLOGY | Peduncle Height | Distance from ground level to the node where the tassel emerges on the central stalk. | 190 | 10 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2011.PLANTING2 | PI 185055 66ncai01 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. | 210 | 10 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2011.PLANTING2 | PI 185055 66ncai01 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. | 226 | 10 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2011.PLANTING2 | PI 185055 66ncai01 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. | 4 | 10 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2011.PLANTING2 | PI 185055 66ncai01 SD | Not Available |
| MORPHOLOGY | Kernel Type | KERNEL TYPE | C - DENT | | MAIZE.INC.AMES.COMPOSITE.DATA | | Not Available |
| MORPHOLOGY | Kernel Type | KERNEL TYPE | D - SEMIDENT (5%) | 42 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2011.PLANTING2 | PI 185055 11ncai01 SD | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Kernel Type | KERNEL TYPE | E - SEMIFLINT (95%) | 42 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2011.PLANTING2 | PI 185055 11ncai01 SD | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Kernel Type | KERNEL TYPE | F - FLINT | | MAIZE.INC.AMES.COMPOSITE.DATA | | Not Available |
| MORPHOLOGY | Kernel Color | KERNEL COLOR | B - YELLOW | | MAIZE.INC.AMES.COMPOSITE.DATA | | Not Available |
| MORPHOLOGY | Kernel Color | KERNEL COLOR | B - YELLOW (100%) | 42 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2011.PLANTING2 | PI 185055 11ncai01 SD | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Kernel Row Arrangement | ARRANGEMENT OF KERNEL ROWS FROM THE BASE TO THE TIP OF THE EAR. | 1 - REGULAR (100%) | 42 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2011.PLANTING2 | PI 185055 11ncai01 SD | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Kernel row Number | NUMBER OF KERNEL ROWS COUNTED ON THE CENTRAL PART OF THE UPPERMOST EAR ON THE PLANT. | 0 | 42 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2011.PLANTING2 | PI 185055 11ncai01 SD | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Kernel row Number | NUMBER OF KERNEL ROWS COUNTED ON THE CENTRAL PART OF THE UPPERMOST EAR ON THE PLANT. | 12 | | MAIZE.INC.AMES.COMPOSITE.DATA | | Not Available |
| MORPHOLOGY | Ear Length | LENGTH OF THE EAR IN CENTIMETERS. | 13.5 | | MAIZE.INC.AMES.COMPOSITE.DATA | | Not Available |
| MORPHOLOGY | Ear Length | LENGTH OF THE EAR IN CENTIMETERS. | 17.4 | 42 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2011.PLANTING2 | PI 185055 11ncai01 SD | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Ear Diameter | DIAMETER OF THE EAR IN CENTIMETERS MEASURED AT THE CENTRAL PART OF THE UPPERMOST EAR ON THE PLANT. | 4 | 42 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2011.PLANTING2 | PI 185055 11ncai01 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. | 117 | 9 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2011.PLANTING2 | PI 185055 66ncai01 SD | Not Available |
| MORPHOLOGY | Cob Color | COLOR OF THE COB | 1 - WHITE | | MAIZE.INC.AMES.COMPOSITE.DATA | | Not Available |
| MORPHOLOGY | Cob Color | COLOR OF THE COB | 1 - WHITE (90%) | 42 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2011.PLANTING2 | PI 185055 11ncai01 SD | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Cob Color | COLOR OF THE COB | 2 - RED | | MAIZE.INC.AMES.COMPOSITE.DATA | | Not Available |
| MORPHOLOGY | Cob Color | COLOR OF THE COB | 2 - RED (10%) | 42 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2011.PLANTING2 | PI 185055 11ncai01 SD | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Upper Kernel Shape | SHAPE OF THE UPPER SURFACE OF THE KERNEL. | 2 - INDENTED (5%) | 42 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2011.PLANTING2 | PI 185055 11ncai01 SD | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Upper Kernel Shape | SHAPE OF THE UPPER SURFACE OF THE KERNEL. | 4 - ROUNDED (95%) | 42 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2011.PLANTING2 | PI 185055 11ncai01 SD | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Ear Number | NUMBER OF EARS WITH KERNELS ON THE MAIN STEM | 1 | 10 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2011.PLANTING2 | PI 185055 66ncai01 SD | Not Available |
| MORPHOLOGY | Ear Number | NUMBER OF EARS WITH KERNELS ON THE MAIN STEM | 1.5 | | MAIZE.INC.AMES.COMPOSITE.DATA | | Not Available |
| MORPHOLOGY | Husk Length | LENGTH OF HUSK BEYOND OR BELOW THE TIP OF THE EAR IN CENTIMETERS. VALUE CAN BE NEGATIVE WHEN THE HUSK DOES NOT COVER THE EAR TIP. | 6 | | MAIZE.INC.AMES.COMPOSITE.DATA | | Not Available |
| MORPHOLOGY | Node Number | Number of Nodes on the main stalk from ground level up to and including the peduncle node. | 11 | 10 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2011.PLANTING2 | PI 185055 66ncai01 SD | Not Available |
| MORPHOLOGY | Node Number | Number of Nodes on the main stalk from ground level up to and including the peduncle node. | 12 | | MAIZE.INC.AMES.COMPOSITE.DATA | | Not Available |
| MORPHOLOGY | Root Lodging | VISUAL RATING OF PLANTS LEANING FROM THE VERTICAL DUE TO ROOT LODGING | 1 - FEW STALKS BROKEN/LODGED | | MAIZE.INC.AMES.COMPOSITE.DATA | | Not Available |
| MORPHOLOGY | Tiller Number | NUMBER OF TILLERS PER PLANT | 0 | 10 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2011.PLANTING2 | PI 185055 66ncai01 SD | Not Available |
| MORPHOLOGY | Tiller Number | NUMBER OF TILLERS PER PLANT | 1 | | MAIZE.INC.AMES.COMPOSITE.DATA | | Not Available |
| MORPHOLOGY | Endosperm Color | COLOR OF THE HARD ENDOSPERM LAYER | 4 - YELLOW (100%) | 42 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2011.PLANTING2 | PI 185055 11ncai01 SD | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Ear Shape | SHAPE OF THE UPPERMOST EAR | 2 - CYLINDRICAL - CONICAL (100%) | 42 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2011.PLANTING2 | PI 185055 11ncai01 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%) | 42 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2011.PLANTING2 | PI 185055 11ncai01 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%) | 42 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2011.PLANTING2 | PI 185055 11ncai01 SD | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Glume Development | Glume development | 1 - None (100%) | 42 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2011.PLANTING2 | PI 185055 11ncai01 SD | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Colored Silk Scar | Colored Silk Scar | N - Colored silk scar is not present (100%) | 42 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2011.PLANTING2 | PI 185055 11ncai01 SD | |
| PHENOLOGY | Days to Silk 40-49 latitude | Number of days from planting to when silks of 50% of observed plants have emerged where the observations are at latitude 40 to 49 degrees. | 66 | | MAIZE.INC.AMES.COMPOSITE.DATA | | Not Available |
| PRODUCTION | 1000 Kernel Weight | The weight of 1000 kernels measured in grams, preferably with the weight adjusted to 10% moisture content. | 264 | 42 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2011.PLANTING2 | PI 185055 11ncai01 SD | |
| PRODUCTION | 1000 Kernel Weight | The weight of 1000 kernels measured in grams, preferably with the weight adjusted to 10% moisture content. | 274 | | MAIZE.INC.AMES.1966 | PI 185055 66ncai01 SD | Not Available |