Evaluation location: Iowa, United States
Environment for accessions grown in Ames during the summer of 2010. Planted 18-May-2010 in NCRPIS field SF-8 under photoperiod control. This field was planted in 30 inch rows. On the average 22 seeds were planted per 18 ft row. Thinning was performed on 00-000-2010 to 15 plants per row. First pollinations across all Ames environments for the summer of 2010 were performed on 30-JUN-2010. This nursery received a rain and wind storm event during the early morning hours of 18-JUL-2010 with gusts between 60-70 mph. Several accessions pollinated early were flattened and some reaching the pollination stage received green snap damage.
Pathology notes were extensive. No exotic diseases were noted. Where each lot was observed, specific notes on Stewart's wilt and Goss's wilt and other diseases including virus diseases were obtained and recorded for each accession inventory. None of the exotic downy mildews were observed.