| 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 | | MAIZE.NIR.DUPONT-PIONEER.2000 | PI 451693 81ncai01 SD | Not Available |
| DISEASE | Northern Leaf Blight | Leaf response to northern leaf blight organism (Exserhilum turcicum [Pass.] Leonard & Suggs - previous name was Helminthosporium turcicum. | 6 - 6 on a scale 0 = No symptoms observed, 9 = Severe disease development | 17 | MAIZE.NLB.PIONEER.JOHNSTON.2009 | PI 451693 06ncai01 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. | 30 | MAIZE.STEWARTS.U_OF_ILLINOIS.1997 | PI 451693 81ncai01 SD | Not Available |
| DISEASE | Gray Leaf Spot | Leaf response to gray leaf spot caused by (Cercospora zeae-maydis Tehon & E.Y. Daniels). The trait is coded 1-9 with 1 representing the most resistant response and 9 the most susceptible response. | | | MAIZE.GRAYLEAF.MONSANTO.MONMOUTH_IL.2000 | PI 451693 81ncai01 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). | 189.00000 | 10 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2006.EARLY | PI 451693 81ncai01 SD | 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.87 | | Not Available |
| INSECT | European Corn Borer Gen2 | RESISTANCE TO THE SECOND GENERATION OF EUROPEAN CORN BORER. | 9 - (9) Susceptible. | 10 | MAIZE.ECB2.AMES.94 | PI 451693 81ncai01 SD | 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.2006.EARLY | PI 451693 81ncai01 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. (90%) | 10 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2006.EARLY | PI 451693 81ncai01 SD | Not Available |
| MORPHOLOGY | Peduncle Height | Distance from ground level to the node where the tassel emerges on the central stalk. | 134 | 10 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2006.EARLY | PI 451693 81ncai01 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. | 158 | 10 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2006.EARLY | PI 451693 81ncai01 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. | 171 | 10 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2006.EARLY | PI 451693 81ncai01 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.2006.EARLY | PI 451693 81ncai01 SD | Not Available |
| MORPHOLOGY | Kernel Type | KERNEL TYPE | A - FLOURY (35%) | 309 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2006.EARLY | PI 451693 06ncai01 SD | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Kernel Type | KERNEL TYPE | C - DENT (15%) | 309 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2006.EARLY | PI 451693 06ncai01 SD | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Kernel Type | KERNEL TYPE | D - SEMIDENT (15%) | 309 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2006.EARLY | PI 451693 06ncai01 SD | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Kernel Type | KERNEL TYPE | E - SEMIFLINT (35%) | 309 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2006.EARLY | PI 451693 06ncai01 SD | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Kernel Color | KERNEL COLOR | A - WHITE (20%) | 309 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2006.EARLY | PI 451693 06ncai01 SD | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Kernel Color | KERNEL COLOR | B - YELLOW (70%) | 309 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2006.EARLY | PI 451693 06ncai01 SD | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Kernel Color | KERNEL COLOR | H - WHITE CAP (5%) | 309 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2006.EARLY | PI 451693 06ncai01 SD | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Kernel Color | KERNEL COLOR | M - YELLOW CAP (5%) | 309 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2006.EARLY | PI 451693 06ncai01 SD | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Kernel Row Arrangement | ARRANGEMENT OF KERNEL ROWS FROM THE BASE TO THE TIP OF THE EAR. | 1 - REGULAR (80%) | 309 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2006.EARLY | PI 451693 06ncai01 SD | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Kernel Row Arrangement | ARRANGEMENT OF KERNEL ROWS FROM THE BASE TO THE TIP OF THE EAR. | 2 - IRREGULAR (20%) | 309 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2006.EARLY | PI 451693 06ncai01 SD | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Kernel row Number | NUMBER OF KERNEL ROWS COUNTED ON THE CENTRAL PART OF THE UPPERMOST EAR ON THE PLANT. | 0 | 309 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2006.EARLY | PI 451693 06ncai01 SD | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Ear Length | LENGTH OF THE EAR IN CENTIMETERS. | 11.8 | 309 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2006.EARLY | PI 451693 06ncai01 SD | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Ear Diameter | DIAMETER OF THE EAR IN CENTIMETERS MEASURED AT THE CENTRAL PART OF THE UPPERMOST EAR ON THE PLANT. | 4.2 | 309 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2006.EARLY | PI 451693 06ncai01 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. | 64 | 10 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2006.EARLY | PI 451693 81ncai01 SD | Not Available |
| MORPHOLOGY | Cob Color | COLOR OF THE COB | 1 - WHITE (5%) | 309 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2006.EARLY | PI 451693 06ncai01 SD | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Cob Color | COLOR OF THE COB | 2 - RED (95%) | 309 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2006.EARLY | PI 451693 06ncai01 SD | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Upper Kernel Shape | SHAPE OF THE UPPER SURFACE OF THE KERNEL. | 2 - INDENTED (30%) | 309 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2006.EARLY | PI 451693 06ncai01 SD | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Upper Kernel Shape | SHAPE OF THE UPPER SURFACE OF THE KERNEL. | 4 - ROUNDED (70%) | 309 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2006.EARLY | PI 451693 06ncai01 SD | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Ear Number | NUMBER OF EARS WITH KERNELS ON THE MAIN STEM | 1 | 10 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2006.EARLY | PI 451693 81ncai01 SD | Not Available |
| MORPHOLOGY | Node Number | Number of Nodes on the main stalk from ground level up to and including the peduncle node. | 10 | 10 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2006.EARLY | PI 451693 81ncai01 SD | Not Available |
| MORPHOLOGY | Tiller Number | NUMBER OF TILLERS PER PLANT | 0 | 10 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2006.EARLY | PI 451693 81ncai01 SD | Not Available |
| MORPHOLOGY | Endosperm Color | COLOR OF THE HARD ENDOSPERM LAYER | 1 - WHITE (25%) | 309 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2006.EARLY | PI 451693 06ncai01 SD | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Endosperm Color | COLOR OF THE HARD ENDOSPERM LAYER | 3 - PALE YELLOW (50%) | 309 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2006.EARLY | PI 451693 06ncai01 SD | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Endosperm Color | COLOR OF THE HARD ENDOSPERM LAYER | 4 - YELLOW (25%) | 309 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2006.EARLY | PI 451693 06ncai01 SD | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Ear Shape | SHAPE OF THE UPPERMOST EAR | 2 - CYLINDRICAL - CONICAL (25%) | 309 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2006.EARLY | PI 451693 06ncai01 SD | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Ear Shape | SHAPE OF THE UPPERMOST EAR | 3 - CONICAL (75%) | 309 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2006.EARLY | PI 451693 06ncai01 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%) | 309 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2006.EARLY | PI 451693 06ncai01 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 (90%) | 309 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2006.EARLY | PI 451693 06ncai01 SD | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Pericarp Color | THE COLOR AND THE PATTERN OF THE PERICARP. THE FIRST NUMBER IS THE COLOR, THE SECOND NUMBER IS THE PATTERN. | 43 - BROWN / HALO (3%) | 309 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2006.EARLY | PI 451693 06ncai01 SD | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Pericarp Color | THE COLOR AND THE PATTERN OF THE PERICARP. THE FIRST NUMBER IS THE COLOR, THE SECOND NUMBER IS THE PATTERN. | 53 - CHERRY / HALO (4%) | 309 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2006.EARLY | PI 451693 06ncai01 SD | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Pericarp Color | THE COLOR AND THE PATTERN OF THE PERICARP. THE FIRST NUMBER IS THE COLOR, THE SECOND NUMBER IS THE PATTERN. | 73 - PINK / HALO (3%) | 309 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2006.EARLY | PI 451693 06ncai01 SD | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Glume Development | Glume development | 1 - None (100%) | 309 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2006.EARLY | PI 451693 06ncai01 SD | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Colored Silk Scar | Colored Silk Scar | N - Colored silk scar is not present (98%) | 309 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2006.EARLY | PI 451693 06ncai01 SD | |
| MORPHOLOGY | Colored Silk Scar | Colored Silk Scar | Y - Colored silk scar is present (2%) | 309 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2006.EARLY | PI 451693 06ncai01 SD | |
| PHENOLOGY | Days to Silk | Number of days from planting to when silks of 50% of observed plants have emerged. | 62 | 454 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.1981 | PI 451693 81ncai01 SD | Not Available |
| 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. | 76 | 351 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2006.EARLY | PI 451693 81ncai01 SD | Not Available |
| PRODUCTION | 1000 Kernel Weight | The weight of 1000 kernels measured in grams, preferably with the weight adjusted to 10% moisture content. | 361 | 309 | MAIZE.INC.AMES.2006.EARLY | PI 451693 06ncai01 SD | |
| PRODUCTION | 1000 Kernel Weight | The weight of 1000 kernels measured in grams, preferably with the weight adjusted to 10% moisture content. | 475 | | MAIZE.INC.AMES.1981 | PI 451693 81ncai01 SD | Not Available |