Details for: PI 601729, Zea mays L. subsp. mays, 'W8555'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Zea mays L. subsp. mays
Cultivar:
'W8555'
Origin:
Developed – Iowa, United States
Received by NPGS:
May 1989
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Reproductive Uniformity:

Highly inbred
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Annual
Life Cycle:
Annual
Life Habit:
Graminoid
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Zea mays L. subsp. mays
Cultivar:
'W8555'
Origin:
Developed – Iowa, United States
Received by NPGS:
May 1989
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Reproductive Uniformity:

Highly inbred
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Annual
Life Cycle:
Annual
Life Habit:
Graminoid
Source History
Developed
1988.
Iowa, United States
Habitat: Seed company
Comment: Cycles were grown in Washington, Iowa and Waimea,Hawaii with selection for adaptation for the Midwest most important. Development date based on when the line was offered for sale in the U.S.
Developer(s):
Donated
May 1989.
Minnesota, 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

Group name: Maize.Group.PVP
Note: Maize accessions that have an expired or abandoned PVP certificate or a PVP certificate that is nearing expiration.
To search for accessions in this group, click the following link. Maize.Group.PVP

Group name: Maize.Group.PVP.Expired.Decade.2000
Note: Maize accessions that have an expired or abandoned PVP certificate from 2000-2009.
To search for accessions in this group, click the following link. Maize.Group.PVP.Expired.Decade.2000

Group name: Maize.Group.PVP.Fieldcorn
Note: Maize field corn accessions excluding tetraploids that have an expired or abandoned PVP certificate or a PVP certificate that is nearing expiration.
To search for accessions in this group, click the following link. Maize.Group.PVP.Fieldcorn

Accession Names and Identifiers
'W8555'
Type: Cultivar name

Narrative
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.
Annotations
Other Links
Link to MaizeGDB Stock Information
PVP Certificate Documents
Actions
Pathogens
Vouchers
Citations
  • Mural, R. V., G. Sun, M. Grzybowki, M. C. Tross, H. Jin, C. Smith, L. Newton, C. M. Andorf, M. R. Woodhouse, A. M. Thompson, B. Sigmon, & J. C. Schnable. 2022. Association mapping across a multitude of traits collected in diverse environments in maize. GigaScience 11:gia080 DOI: 10.1093/gigascience/giac080. Number of accessions cited: 708
  • Schaefer, C. M. & R. Bernardo. 2013. Population Structure and Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Diversity of Historical Minnesota Maize Inbreds. Crop Sci. (Madison) 53(4):1529-1536. DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2012.11.0632. Note: Belongs to the B73 subgroup (represented by A641) of the Minnesota inbreds and other inbreds analyzed in this paper. Number of accessions cited: 267
  • Van Heerwaarden, J., M. B. Hufford, & J. Ross-Ibarra. 2012. Historical genomics of North American maize. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 109(31):12420-12425. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1209275109. Number of accessions cited: 413
  • Vann, L., T. Kono, T. Pyhajarvi, M. B. Hurfford & J. Ross-Ibarra. 2015. Natural variation in teosinte at the domestication locus teosinte branched1 (tb1). PeerJ 3:e900. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.900. Number of accessions cited: 316
  • White, M. R., M. A. Mikel, N. de Leon & S. M. Kaeppler. 2020. Diversity and heterotic patterns in North American proprietary dent maize germplasm. Crop Sci. (Madison) 60(1):100-114. DOI: 10.1002/csc2.20050. Note: In paper table csc220050-sup-0003-SuppMat.csv as: NPW8555 Number of accessions cited: 869
  • Yan, P., Q. Du, H. Chen, Z. Guo, Z. Wang, J. Tang & W. Li. 2023. Biofortification of iron content by regulating a NAC transcription factor in maize. Science 382(6675):1159-1165. DOI: 10.1126/science.adf3256. Number of accessions cited: 56
Pedigree
Date released:
1988
Female external name:
B73Ht
Male accession:
PI 608767
Male external name:
B84
Description:
B73Ht/B84 . Both parents are public inbreds originating from the Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station, Ames, Iowa.
Intellectual Property Rights

U.S. Plant Variety Protection
PVP 8900227
Variety: W8555
Taxonomy: Zea mays L. subsp. mays
Experimental name/synonym: NA
Crop: CORN
Applicant: Novartis Seeds, Inc.
Date filed: 05/26/1989
Date issued: 09/28/1990
Status: Certificate Expired
Status date: 09/28/2008

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.OBSERVATION-NURSERY_YES MAIZE.OBS.INBRED.DIVERSITY.2010.NCIANYMOPI 601729 09ncai01 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.3 - (3) Limited spread predominately toward tip end of leaf only.28MAIZE.STEWARTS.NCRPIS.2010PI 601729 09ncai01 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.3 - (3) Limited spread predominately toward tip end of leaf only.33MAIZE.STEWARTS.NCRPIS.2011PI 601729 09ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGYKernel TypeKERNEL TYPED - SEMIDENT (100%)148MAIZE.INC.AMES.2009.PLANTING2PI 601729 09ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGYKernel ColorKERNEL COLORB - YELLOW (100%)148MAIZE.INC.AMES.2009.PLANTING2PI 601729 09ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGYKernel Row ArrangementARRANGEMENT OF KERNEL ROWS FROM THE BASE TO THE TIP OF THE EAR.1 - REGULAR (100%)148MAIZE.INC.AMES.2009.PLANTING2PI 601729 09ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGYKernel row NumberNUMBER OF KERNEL ROWS COUNTED ON THE CENTRAL PART OF THE UPPERMOST EAR ON THE PLANT.0148MAIZE.INC.AMES.2009.PLANTING2PI 601729 09ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGYEar LengthLENGTH OF THE EAR IN CENTIMETERS.10.3148MAIZE.INC.AMES.2009.PLANTING2PI 601729 09ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGYEar DiameterDIAMETER OF THE EAR IN CENTIMETERS MEASURED AT THE CENTRAL PART OF THE UPPERMOST EAR ON THE PLANT.4.3148MAIZE.INC.AMES.2009.PLANTING2PI 601729 09ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGYCob ColorCOLOR OF THE COB2 - RED (100%)148MAIZE.INC.AMES.2009.PLANTING2PI 601729 09ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGYCob ColorCOLOR OF THE COB2 - RED (100%)2MAIZE.OBS.INBRED.DIVERSITY.2011.IAPI 601729 09ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGYUpper Kernel ShapeSHAPE OF THE UPPER SURFACE OF THE KERNEL.2 - INDENTED (100%)148MAIZE.INC.AMES.2009.PLANTING2PI 601729 09ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGYEndosperm ColorCOLOR OF THE HARD ENDOSPERM LAYER4 - YELLOW (100%)148MAIZE.INC.AMES.2009.PLANTING2PI 601729 09ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGYEar ShapeSHAPE OF THE UPPERMOST EAR2 - CYLINDRICAL - CONICAL (100%)148MAIZE.INC.AMES.2009.PLANTING2PI 601729 09ncai01 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%)148MAIZE.INC.AMES.2009.PLANTING2PI 601729 09ncai01 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%)148MAIZE.INC.AMES.2009.PLANTING2PI 601729 09ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGYGlume DevelopmentGlume development1 - None (100%)148MAIZE.INC.AMES.2009.PLANTING2PI 601729 09ncai01 SD
MORPHOLOGYColored Silk ScarColored Silk ScarN - Colored silk scar is not present (100%)148MAIZE.INC.AMES.2009.PLANTING2PI 601729 09ncai01 SD
PHENOLOGYGROWING DEGREE UNITS TO SILK FGROWING DEGREE DAYS FROM PLANTING TO 50% SILKING IN DEGREES FARENHEIT.1665 MAIZE.PVP.CERTIFICATE Not Available
PHENOLOGYDays to Silk 40-49 latitudeNumber of days from planting to when silks of 50% of observed plants have emerged where the observations are at latitude 40 to 49 degrees.93156MAIZE.INC.AMES.2009.PLANTING2PI 601729 08ncfo01 SDNot Available
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.155211MAIZE.OBS.INBRED.DIVERSITY.2010.IAPI 601729 09ncai01 SD
PRODUCTION1000 Kernel WeightThe weight of 1000 kernels measured in grams, preferably with the weight adjusted to 10% moisture content.211 MAIZE.CURATOR.REVIEWPI 601729 08ncfo01 SDNot Available
PRODUCTION1000 Kernel WeightThe weight of 1000 kernels measured in grams, preferably with the weight adjusted to 10% moisture content.255148MAIZE.INC.AMES.2009.PLANTING2PI 601729 09ncai01 SD