Details for: PI 219870, Zea mays L. subsp. mays, Alta Gold

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Zea mays L. subsp. mays

Top Name:

Alta Gold

Origin:

Collected – Alberta, Canada

Maintained:

North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station

Received by NPGS:

14 Jul 1954

PI Assigned:

1954

Improvement Status:

Landrace

Reproductive Uniformity:

Population

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Annual

Life Cycle:

Annual

Backup Location:

National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation

Inventory Volume:

162
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Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Seed	100 count		PI 219870 13ncab01 SD

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Zea mays L. subsp. mays

Top Name:

Alta Gold

Origin:

Collected – Alberta, Canada

Maintained:

North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station

Received by NPGS:

14 Jul 1954

PI Assigned:

1954

Improvement Status:

Landrace

Reproductive Uniformity:

Population

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Annual

Life Cycle:

Annual

Source History

Collected

PRE 14 July 1954.
Alberta, Canada
Locality: From the collection at the Experiment Station, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Donated

14 July 1954.
Iowa, United States
Comment: Plant Inventory, unlike current custom, indicates donation from a Regional Station.
Donor(s):

USDA ARS NCRPIS

PRE 14 July 1954.
North Dakota, United States
Comment: Donated from the variety collection held at the Agriculture Experiment Station, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota.
Donor(s):

Wiidakas, William, North Dakota State University

Accession Names and Identifiers

Alta Gold

Type: Unverified name

NRC 5361

Type: Institute identifier

Group: NRC/NAS

Original Strains of Corn, U.S. Nat. Acad. of Sci.

Narrative

Yellow sweet corn.

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)


Zea curagua Molina
Zea mays L. var. indentata (Sturtev.) L. H. Bailey
Zea mays L. var. indurata (Sturtev.) L. H. Bailey
Zea mays L. var. japonica (Van Houtte) Alph. Wood
Zea mays L. var. saccharata (Sturtev.) L. H. Bailey
Zea mays L. var. tunicata Larrañaga ex A. St.-Hil.
Zea japonica Van Houtte
Zea indurata Sturtev.
Zea indentata Sturtev.
Zea saccharata Sturtev.
Zea mays L. var. leucodon Alef.
Zea mays L. var. vulgata Körn.
Zea mays L. var. flavorubra Körn.
Zea mays L. var. alba Alef.
Zea mays L. Ceratina Group Kuleshov
Zea mays L. subsp. amylacea (Sturtev.) Zhuk.
Zea amylacea Sturtev.
Zea everta Sturtev.
Zea mays L. subsp. everta (Sturtev.) Zhuk.

Common names

Language	Name	Alternate name	seq	Citation
English	corn		1	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
English	dent corn		1	Terrell, E. E. et al. 1986. Agricultural Handbook no. 505
English	field corn		1	Terrell, E. E. et al. 1986. Agricultural Handbook no. 505
English	flint corn		1	Terrell, E. E. et al. 1986. Agricultural Handbook no. 505
English	maize		1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	pod corn		1	Terrell, E. E. et al. 1986. Agricultural Handbook no. 505
English	popcorn		1	Terrell, E. E. et al. 1986. Agricultural Handbook no. 505
English	sweet corn		1	Terrell, E. E. et al. 1986. Agricultural Handbook no. 505
Arabic	dura shami		2	Boulos, L. 1999-. Flora of Egypt
Chinese	yu shu shu	玉蜀黍	2	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
French	maïs		2	Demilly, 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
German	Mais		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Italian	granoturco		2	International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Italian	mais		2	International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Japanese Rōmaji	tō-morokoshi		2	Batra, L. R. 1995. Names of Japanese plants sorted by their Japanese names in Romanized Katakana and scientific nomenclature
Portuguese	milho		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	maíz		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedish	majs		2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Korean	gangnaengi		2	Mun-Chan, B. et al. 1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:134.
Transcribed Korean	ogsusu		2	Lee, Y. N. 1997. Flora of Korea.

Annotations

Nomenclature Name Change: 01 Dec 1989, from Zea mays L. to Zea mays L. subsp. mays

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Sample Size	Study	Inventory	Availability
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.	6.6		MAIZE.NIR.DUPONT-PIONEER.2000	PI 219870 85ncab01 SD	Not Available
DISEASE	Northern Leaf Blight	Leaf response to northern leaf blight organism (Exserhilum turcicum [Pass.] Leonard & Suggs - previous name was Helminthosporium turcicum.	5 - Many lesions; abundant sporulation.		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.	4 - (4) (0 = NO SYMPTOMS, 9 = SEVERE DISEASE DEVLOPMENT)		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.	6 - (0 = NO SYMPTOMS, 9 = SEVERE DISEASE DEVLOPMENT)		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).	102.00000	40	MAIZE.INC.AMES.2013.PLANTING1	PI 219870 63ncei01 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).	108.00000	10	MAIZE.INC.AMES.2013.PLANTING1	PI 219870 85ncab01 SD	Not Available
INSECT	European Corn Borer Gen1	RESISTANCE TO THE FIRST GENERATION OF EUROPEAN CORN BORER.	9 - (9) Mostly susceptible. Long lesions on most all leaves		MAIZE.ECB1.AMES.89	PI 219870 85ncab01 SD	Not Available
INSECT	European Corn Borer Gen2	RESISTANCE TO THE SECOND GENERATION OF EUROPEAN CORN BORER.	9 - (9) Susceptible.		MAIZE.ECB2.AMES.MULT		Not Available
INSECT	Spider Mite	SPIDERMITE RATING	9 - (9) Susceptible.		MAIZE.SPIDERMIT.MULT		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%)	10	MAIZE.INC.AMES.2013.PLANTING1	PI 219870 85ncab01 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. (62.5%)	40	MAIZE.INC.AMES.2013.PLANTING1	PI 219870 63ncei01 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. (37.5%)	40	MAIZE.INC.AMES.2013.PLANTING1	PI 219870 63ncei01 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Peduncle Height	Distance from ground level to the node where the tassel emerges on the central stalk.	62	10	MAIZE.INC.AMES.2013.PLANTING1	PI 219870 85ncab01 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Peduncle Height	Distance from ground level to the node where the tassel emerges on the central stalk.	75	40	MAIZE.INC.AMES.2013.PLANTING1	PI 219870 63ncei01 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.	78	40	MAIZE.INC.AMES.2013.PLANTING1	PI 219870 63ncei01 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.	84	10	MAIZE.INC.AMES.2013.PLANTING1	PI 219870 85ncab01 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.	86	40	MAIZE.INC.AMES.2013.PLANTING1	PI 219870 63ncei01 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.	93	10	MAIZE.INC.AMES.2013.PLANTING1	PI 219870 85ncab01 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	40	MAIZE.INC.AMES.2013.PLANTING1	PI 219870 63ncei01 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.2013.PLANTING1	PI 219870 85ncab01 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Kernel Type	KERNEL TYPE	H - SWEET		MAIZE.INC.AMES.COMPOSITE.DATA		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Kernel Type	KERNEL TYPE	H - SWEET (100%)	37	MAIZE.INC.AMES.2013.PLANTING1	PI 219870 13ncab01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	Kernel Type	KERNEL TYPE	H - SWEET (100%)	71	MAIZE.INC.AMES.2013.PLANTING1	PI 219870 13ncai02 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Kernel Color	KERNEL COLOR	B - YELLOW		MAIZE.INC.AMES.COMPOSITE.DATA		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Kernel Color	KERNEL COLOR	B - YELLOW (100%)	37	MAIZE.INC.AMES.2013.PLANTING1	PI 219870 13ncab01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	Kernel Color	KERNEL COLOR	B - YELLOW (100%)	71	MAIZE.INC.AMES.2013.PLANTING1	PI 219870 13ncai02 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Kernel Row Arrangement	ARRANGEMENT OF KERNEL ROWS FROM THE BASE TO THE TIP OF THE EAR.	1 - REGULAR (100%)	37	MAIZE.INC.AMES.2013.PLANTING1	PI 219870 13ncab01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	Kernel Row Arrangement	ARRANGEMENT OF KERNEL ROWS FROM THE BASE TO THE TIP OF THE EAR.	1 - REGULAR (100%)	71	MAIZE.INC.AMES.2013.PLANTING1	PI 219870 13ncai02 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Kernel row Number	NUMBER OF KERNEL ROWS COUNTED ON THE CENTRAL PART OF THE UPPERMOST EAR ON THE PLANT.	10	71	MAIZE.INC.AMES.2013.PLANTING1	PI 219870 13ncai02 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Kernel row Number	NUMBER OF KERNEL ROWS COUNTED ON THE CENTRAL PART OF THE UPPERMOST EAR ON THE PLANT.	12	37	MAIZE.INC.AMES.2013.PLANTING1	PI 219870 13ncab01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	Ear Length	LENGTH OF THE EAR IN CENTIMETERS.	12	37	MAIZE.INC.AMES.2013.PLANTING1	PI 219870 13ncab01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	Ear Length	LENGTH OF THE EAR IN CENTIMETERS.	13	71	MAIZE.INC.AMES.2013.PLANTING1	PI 219870 13ncai02 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Ear Diameter	DIAMETER OF THE EAR IN CENTIMETERS MEASURED AT THE CENTRAL PART OF THE UPPERMOST EAR ON THE PLANT.	3.4	71	MAIZE.INC.AMES.2013.PLANTING1	PI 219870 13ncai02 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Ear Diameter	DIAMETER OF THE EAR IN CENTIMETERS MEASURED AT THE CENTRAL PART OF THE UPPERMOST EAR ON THE PLANT.	3.8	37	MAIZE.INC.AMES.2013.PLANTING1	PI 219870 13ncab01 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.	15	10	MAIZE.INC.AMES.2013.PLANTING1	PI 219870 85ncab01 SD	Not Available
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.	18	40	MAIZE.INC.AMES.2013.PLANTING1	PI 219870 63ncei01 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Cob Color	COLOR OF THE COB	1 - WHITE (100%)	37	MAIZE.INC.AMES.2013.PLANTING1	PI 219870 13ncab01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	Cob Color	COLOR OF THE COB	1 - WHITE (100%)	71	MAIZE.INC.AMES.2013.PLANTING1	PI 219870 13ncai02 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Upper Kernel Shape	SHAPE OF THE UPPER SURFACE OF THE KERNEL.	1 - SHRUNKEN (100%)	37	MAIZE.INC.AMES.2013.PLANTING1	PI 219870 13ncab01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	Upper Kernel Shape	SHAPE OF THE UPPER SURFACE OF THE KERNEL.	1 - SHRUNKEN (100%)	71	MAIZE.INC.AMES.2013.PLANTING1	PI 219870 13ncai02 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Ear Number	NUMBER OF EARS WITH KERNELS ON THE MAIN STEM	1	40	MAIZE.INC.AMES.2013.PLANTING1	PI 219870 63ncei01 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Ear Number	NUMBER OF EARS WITH KERNELS ON THE MAIN STEM	2	10	MAIZE.INC.AMES.2013.PLANTING1	PI 219870 85ncab01 SD	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.	7	40	MAIZE.INC.AMES.2013.PLANTING1	PI 219870 63ncei01 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Node Number	Number of Nodes on the main stalk from ground level up to and including the peduncle node.	7	10	MAIZE.INC.AMES.2013.PLANTING1	PI 219870 85ncab01 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Tiller Number	NUMBER OF TILLERS PER PLANT	0	10	MAIZE.INC.AMES.2013.PLANTING1	PI 219870 85ncab01 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Tiller Number	NUMBER OF TILLERS PER PLANT	2	40	MAIZE.INC.AMES.2013.PLANTING1	PI 219870 63ncei01 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Endosperm Color	COLOR OF THE HARD ENDOSPERM LAYER	4 - YELLOW (100%)	37	MAIZE.INC.AMES.2013.PLANTING1	PI 219870 13ncab01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	Endosperm Color	COLOR OF THE HARD ENDOSPERM LAYER	4 - YELLOW (100%)	71	MAIZE.INC.AMES.2013.PLANTING1	PI 219870 13ncai02 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Ear Shape	SHAPE OF THE UPPERMOST EAR	2 - CYLINDRICAL - CONICAL (100%)	37	MAIZE.INC.AMES.2013.PLANTING1	PI 219870 13ncab01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	Ear Shape	SHAPE OF THE UPPERMOST EAR	2 - CYLINDRICAL - CONICAL (100%)	71	MAIZE.INC.AMES.2013.PLANTING1	PI 219870 13ncai02 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%)	37	MAIZE.INC.AMES.2013.PLANTING1	PI 219870 13ncab01 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%)	71	MAIZE.INC.AMES.2013.PLANTING1	PI 219870 13ncai02 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%)	37	MAIZE.INC.AMES.2013.PLANTING1	PI 219870 13ncab01 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%)	71	MAIZE.INC.AMES.2013.PLANTING1	PI 219870 13ncai02 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Glume Development	Glume development	1 - None (100%)	37	MAIZE.INC.AMES.2013.PLANTING1	PI 219870 13ncab01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	Glume Development	Glume development	1 - None (100%)	71	MAIZE.INC.AMES.2013.PLANTING1	PI 219870 13ncai02 SD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Colored Silk Scar	Colored Silk Scar	N - Colored silk scar is not present (100%)	37	MAIZE.INC.AMES.2013.PLANTING1	PI 219870 13ncab01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	Colored Silk Scar	Colored Silk Scar	N - Colored silk scar is not present (100%)	71	MAIZE.INC.AMES.2013.PLANTING1	PI 219870 13ncai02 SD	Not Available
PHENOLOGY	Homologous Area	Homologous Area			MAIZE.DONOR		Not Available
PRODUCTION	1000 Kernel Weight	The weight of 1000 kernels measured in grams, preferably with the weight adjusted to 10% moisture content.	193	37	MAIZE.INC.AMES.2013.PLANTING1	PI 219870 13ncab01 SD
TAXONOMIC	Primary Race	Primary race of the accession. Mixed indicates that more than two races are present in the accession.	NNAS - Northeastern North American Sweets		MAIZE.RACES.SWEETS.WISCONSIN		Not Available