Adams/Bonfils Oct. 4 Participatory Corn Breeding Workshop
Adams_Goldstein_Talk_1_color.jpg (37854 bytes) Lamkey_Corn_Talk_2_color.jpg (26586 bytes)
Walter Goldstein and Don Adams welcomed the crowd to the workshop. Kendall Lamkey provided background on plant breeding.
Pollack,_Linda_Corn_Talk_2_color.jpg (386977 bytes) Pollack_Linda_Corn_Talk_4_color.jpg (32781 bytes)
Linda Pollak walked the group through the process of breeding new genetic traits into varieties that will grow in the Midwest and for which farmers can save seed.
Pollack_Linda_Corn_Talk_3_color.jpg (47822 bytes) Goldstein_and_Pollak_Corn_Talk_color.jpg (38530 bytes)
Paper bags over corn ears exclude unwanted pollen. Walter Goldstein and Linda Pollack.  Don Adams and Nebraska corn breeder Ken Russell listen.
Scott_Paul_Corn_Talk_Poster_color.jpg (35168 bytes) Corn_Talk,_Goggi,_Susana_color.jpg (329330 bytes)
USDA geneticist Paul Scott described the parts of a corn seed. ISU seed scientist Susana Goggi talked about the seed quality and variety selection.
Corn_Cuban_and_Geese_color.jpg (21864 bytes) Goldstein_Corn_Talk_2_color.jpg (35208 bytes)
Above the giant Cuban corn, a wing of geese headed south. Walter Goldstein of the Michael Fields Agricultural Institute explained the goals of the participatory breeding project.
Adams_Don_and_John_Rucker_Selecting_Corn_color.jpg (39141 bytes) Corn_Giveaway_at_Adams_color.jpg (31208 bytes)
Don Adams and John Recker demonstrated how to carry out mass selection to maintain variety quality .Free corn.  Take what you want and start your own variety.
Adams_Bonfils_Field_Day_Lunch_color.jpg (38191 bytes)
After the workshop and before the farm tour, a delicious lunch was shared with the ladybugs.