Details for: Ames 19879, Zea mays L. subsp. mays, BENZ 542

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Zea mays L. subsp. mays

Top Name:

BENZ 542

Origin:

Collected – Puebla, Mexico

Maintained:

North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station

Received by NPGS:

30 Jun 1992

Improvement Status:

Landrace

Reproductive Uniformity:

Population

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Annual

Life Cycle:

Annual

Availability

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North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Zea mays L. subsp. mays

Top Name:

BENZ 542

Origin:

Collected – Puebla, Mexico

Maintained:

North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station

Received by NPGS:

30 Jun 1992

Improvement Status:

Landrace

Reproductive Uniformity:

Population

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Annual

Life Cycle:

Annual

Source History

Collected

01 November 1982.
Puebla, Mexico
Locality: Home of Lasaro Valdraba, 1 km north of Highway 129 (2 km east of Ocotlan between Zaragosa and Tezuitlan on Highway 129).
Coordinates: 19.6667, -97.5167 (Map it)
Elevation: 2000m.

Collector(s):

Donated

30 June 1992.
Wisconsin, United States

Donor(s):

Accession Names and Identifiers

BENZ 542

Type: Collector identifier

B. F. Benz and H. H. Iltis

Maiz Cacahuacintle

Type: Local name

Ames 19879

Type: Site identifier

Group: AMES

NC-7

USDA ARS NCRPIS

Narrative

3 to 4 seeds planted per hill. Plants to 2.5 m tall, usually 3 leaves above ear, one ear per plant, ears about 1.5 m above ground. Maiz Cacahuacintle. Benz race identification is Cacahuacintle.

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

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Sample Size	Study	Inventory	Availability
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	6	MAIZE.ECB1.AMES.97	Ames 19879 93ncab01 SD	Not Available
PHENOLOGY	Homologous Area	Homologous Area			MAIZE.DONOR		Not Available
ROOT	Root System Dry Weight	Root System Dry Weight (RDW), g	1.6		MAIZE.ROOTS.BurtonEtAl2013	Ames 19879 93ncab01 SD	Not Available
ROOT	Shoot Dry Weight	Shoot Dry Weight (SDW), g	19		MAIZE.ROOTS.BurtonEtAl2013	Ames 19879 93ncab01 SD	Not Available
ROOT	Root:Shoot Ratio	RDW:SDW	0.08		MAIZE.ROOTS.BurtonEtAl2013	Ames 19879 93ncab01 SD	Not Available
ROOT	Stem Diameter	Stem Diameter, mm	22		MAIZE.ROOTS.BurtonEtAl2013	Ames 19879 93ncab01 SD	Not Available
ROOT	Number of Seminal Roots	Number of Seminal Roots (Sem#)	2		MAIZE.ROOTS.BurtonEtAl2013	Ames 19879 93ncab01 SD	Not Available
ROOT	Number of Nodal Roots	Number of Nodal Roots (Nod#)	24		MAIZE.ROOTS.BurtonEtAl2013	Ames 19879 93ncab01 SD	Not Available
ROOT	Longest Nodal Root Length	Longest Nodal Root Length (NodLen), cm	69.5		MAIZE.ROOTS.BurtonEtAl2013	Ames 19879 93ncab01 SD	Not Available
ROOT	Crown Root System Diameter	Crown Root System Diameter (SysDia), mm	80		MAIZE.ROOTS.BurtonEtAl2013	Ames 19879 93ncab01 SD	Not Available
ROOT	Average Crown Root Diameter	Average Crown Root Diameter (AvgDia), mm	0.4		MAIZE.ROOTS.BurtonEtAl2013	Ames 19879 93ncab01 SD	Not Available
ROOT	Number of Root Tips	Number of Root Tips	136		MAIZE.ROOTS.BurtonEtAl2013	Ames 19879 93ncab01 SD	Not Available
ROOT	Number of Lateral Root Branch Points	Number of Lateral Branch Points	223		MAIZE.ROOTS.BurtonEtAl2013	Ames 19879 93ncab01 SD	Not Available
ROOT	Root Cross-Section Area	Root cross-section area(RXSA), mm2	.592		MAIZE.ROOTS.BurtonEtAl2013	Ames 19879 93ncab01 SD	Not Available
ROOT	Total Cortical Area	Total cortical area (TCA), mm2	.421		MAIZE.ROOTS.BurtonEtAl2013	Ames 19879 93ncab01 SD	Not Available
ROOT	Total Steele Area	Total steele area (TSA), mm2	0.171		MAIZE.ROOTS.BurtonEtAl2013	Ames 19879 93ncab01 SD	Not Available
ROOT	Steele:Cross-Section Ratio	TSA:RXSA	0.288		MAIZE.ROOTS.BurtonEtAl2013	Ames 19879 93ncab01 SD	Not Available
ROOT	Steele:Cortex Ratio	TSA:TCA	0.406		MAIZE.ROOTS.BurtonEtAl2013	Ames 19879 93ncab01 SD	Not Available
ROOT	Aerenchyma Area	Aerenchyma area (AA), mm2	0.007		MAIZE.ROOTS.BurtonEtAl2013	Ames 19879 93ncab01 SD	Not Available
ROOT	Percent of Cortex as Aerenchyma	Percent of cortex as aerenchyma(%A)	.29		MAIZE.ROOTS.BurtonEtAl2013	Ames 19879 93ncab01 SD	Not Available
ROOT	Percent of Cortex as Aerenchyma	Percent of cortex as aerenchyma(%A)	.41		MAIZE.ROOTS.BurtonEtAl2013	Ames 19879 93ncab01 SD	Not Available
ROOT	Percent of Cortex as Aerenchyma	Percent of cortex as aerenchyma(%A)	.59		MAIZE.ROOTS.BurtonEtAl2013	Ames 19879 93ncab01 SD	Not Available
ROOT	Percent of Cortex as Aerenchyma	Percent of cortex as aerenchyma(%A)	1.55		MAIZE.ROOTS.BurtonEtAl2013	Ames 19879 93ncab01 SD	Not Available
ROOT	Cortical Cell Area	Cortical Cell Area (CCA), mm2	.415		MAIZE.ROOTS.BurtonEtAl2013	Ames 19879 93ncab01 SD	Not Available
ROOT	Percent of Cortex as Cells	Percent of Cortex as Cells (%CCA)	70.04		MAIZE.ROOTS.BurtonEtAl2013	Ames 19879 93ncab01 SD	Not Available
ROOT	Xylem Vessel Area	Xylem Vessel Area (XVA), mm2	0.028		MAIZE.ROOTS.BurtonEtAl2013	Ames 19879 93ncab01 SD	Not Available
ROOT	Number of Cortical Cells	Number of Cortical Cells (#CC)	408.3		MAIZE.ROOTS.BurtonEtAl2013	Ames 19879 93ncab01 SD	Not Available
ROOT	Number of Cortical Cell Files	Number of Cortical Cell Files (#CF)	8.7		MAIZE.ROOTS.BurtonEtAl2013	Ames 19879 93ncab01 SD	Not Available
TAXONOMIC	Primary Race	Primary race of the accession. Mixed indicates that more than two races are present in the accession.	CACAHU - Cacahuazintle		MAIZE.DONOR.ACC.NARRATIVE		Not Available