Resources on Organic Seed, Corn Breeding and Participatory Breeding
Ears to the Ground: Summer 2020 Virtual Field Day Presentations
Part 1: Soil Nitrogen Testing Overview with Carmen Ugarte, University of Illinois
Part 2: Cropsmith ISNT and PSNT Soil Nitrogen Tests
Part 3: Woods End Labs: Solvita and SLAN Soil Nitrogen Tests
Part 4: Soil Testing from On-Farm Studies. Binod Ghimire, University of Illinois
Part 5: Objectives for the Organic Corn Nursery. Martin Bohn, University of Illinois
Part 6: Breeding for Feed Quality. Walter Goldstein, Mandaamin Institute
Part 7: Replicated Strip Trials: A Visit with Stephen Gray of Gray Research Production, Inc.
Part 8: Evaluation of Root Characteristics, Christopher Mujjabi, University of Illinois
Part 9: Food Grade Corn and Nixtamalization
Publications, Presentations and Webinars by Project Members
Articles
- Goldstein, W., J.E. Andrade, P. Meyer, E. Gulkirpik, M. Toc. 2023. Testing the quality of corn that has been selected for organic poultry. eOrganic article. Available at https://eorganic.info/node/35728
- Goldstein, W., Jaradat, A.A., Hurburgh, C., Pollak, L.M. 2019. Breeding maize under biodynamic-organic conditions for nutritional value and N efficiency/N2 fixation. Open Agriculture 4:1. Available at https://doi.org/10.1515/opag-2019-0030.
- Luby, C., Endres, A.B., Wander, M., Ugarte, C. A Primer on Plant Breeding and Intellectual Property Rights in Organic Seed Systems. eOrganic article. Available at https://eorganic.org/node/27215
Presentations/Research Updates
- Participatory Breeding and Testing Networks: A Maize Based Case Study for Organic Systems. Research update presented at the OGRAIN conference in 2019.
- Participatory Breeding and Testing Networks Research Update: A Maize Based Case Study for Organic Systems. Research update presented at the project winter stakeholder meeting in 2020.
- Testing N efficient, high methionine corn hybrids with organic farmers. Final Report for SARE Project LNC17-389 by Walter Goldstein. February 22, 2022.
Posters
- Goldstein, W. 2022. Testing N Efficient, High Methionine Corn Hybrids with Organic Farmers. Poster displayed at MOSES Conference. February 24-7, 2022.
- Goldstein, W., White, J., Mujjabi, C., Gulkirpic, E., Toc, M., Bohn, M., Andrade, J., Ugarte, C., Nunez, M., Karnes, J., Lotfi, A., Kingsley, K., Travis, M., Wander, M., Jaradat, A., Mohr, S. & organic farmers. 2020. Breeding and testing nitrogen efficient/fixing corn with high methionine and carotenoid contents for organic farmers. Poster presented at: MOSES Organic Farming Conference; 2020 Feb 27-29; LaCrosse, WI.
- Gulkirpik, E. Toc, M. Bogran, G. Katrakis, C. Ugarte, C.M. and Andrade, J.E. 2019. Effect of Nitrogen Levels on the Nutrient Quality of Corn Under Organic Management. Poster Presented at AACC International, November, 2019; Denver, CO. Available at https://aaccnet.confex.com/aaccnet/2019/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/4827
- Mujjabi, C. and Bohn, M. 2020. Participatory Plant Breeding: Effect of Agronomic Management Intensity on Below-Ground and Above-Ground Corn Traits Under Organic Systems. Poster presented at: 5th Biennial Plant Breeding Symposium, February 2020; North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC.
- Mujjabi, C., Ghimire, B., Gulkirpik, E., Núñez, M., Ugarte, C., Bohn, M., Wander, M. and Andrade, J. 2019. Participatory Breeding and Testing Networks: Corn Variety Development and Selection for High Nitrogen-Use Efficiency, Weed Pressure Tolerance and High Grain Quality for Organic Systems. Poster presented at: 2019 Illinois Corn Breeders School, March 2019; Champaign, IL.
Webinar and Presentation Recordings
- Nitrogen, Microbes, Roots: Breeding Corn for Nitrogen Efficiency and Fixation, by Walter Goldstein, Mandaamin Institute. Presented at the Organic Grain Conference, organized by the Land Connection in February 2019.
Additional Resources on Corn Breeding, Particpatory Breeding, and Organic Seed Production
- A Seed Saving Guide for Gardeners and Farmers, Organic Seed Alliance https://seedalliance.org/publications/seed-saving-guide-gardeners-farmers/
- Introduction to On Farm Organic Plant Breeding, Organic Seed Alliance https://seedalliance.org/publications/introduction-to-on-farm-organic-pl...
- Grower’s Guide to Conducting On-Farm Variety Trials, Organic Seed Alliance https://seedalliance.org/publications/growers-guide-conducting-farm-vari...
- Intellectual Property Rights and Public Plant Breeding: Recommendations and proceedings of a conference on best practices for intellectual property protection of publically developed plant germplasm, Raleigh NC, 2016. http://sbc.ucdavis.edu/files/271437.pdf
- State of Organic Seed Report 2016, Organic Seed Alliance https://seedalliance.org/publications/state-of-organic-seed-2016/
- Proceedings of the Organic Seed Growers Conference 2018, Organic Seed Alliance https://seedalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/2018-OSGC-Proceeding...
- Participatory Plant Breeding Toolkit, Organic Seed Alliance
https://seedalliance.org/publications/participatory-plant-breeding-toolkit/
Additional Resources on Organic Corn Breeding
- Breeding Sweet Corn for Organic Agriculture, Organic Seed Alliance
https://seedalliance.org/publications/how-to-breed-sweet-corn-for-organi... - This Breeder is Working on 'Organic Ready' Corn that Blocks GMO Contamination, Civil Eats
https://civileats.com/2014/09/05/this-breeder-is-working-on-organic-read...
Funding
This project was funded in 2017 by the Organic Research and Extension Initiative grant, part of the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture. Grant number 2017-51300-27115