Evaluation location: Iowa, United States
Environment for LH260 regeneration grown in Ames during the summer of 2017. Hand planted 26-May-2017 in NCRPIS field H. This field was not treated with pre-plant herbicide.This field was planted in 30 inch rows. On the average 40 seeds were planted per 25 ft row. First emergence was on 02-June-2017. Thinning was performed on 21-Jun-2017 to 25 plants per row. First pollinations across all Ames environments for the summer of 2017 were performed on 08-Jun-2017.
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.