Evaluation location: Iowa, United States
Environment for population accessions grown in Ames during the summer of 2016. Planted 17-May-2016 in NCRPIS field SF-8. This field was planted in 30 inch rows. On the average 40 seeds were planted per 25 ft row. First emergence was on 24-May-2016. Thinning was performed on 00-Jun-2016 to 25 plants per row. First pollinations across all Ames environments for the summer of 2016 were performed on 23-Jun-2016.
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 a specific checkoff for virus diseases were obtained and recorded for each accession inventory. None of the exotic downy mildews were observed.