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    This document provides a history of corn yield gains from its origins in teosinte to modern breeding techniques. It traces the development from native American varieties kept through open pollination, to the introduction of hybrid corn and inbred lines in the early 20th century. Major milestones included the establishment of land grant universities promoting science-based breeding in the 1860s-1925, the adoption of hybrids by farmers in the 1930s-40s driven by their substantial yields. Continued genetic improvements through single cross hybrids in the 1950s-60s led to landmark varieties. Recent advances incorporated biotechnology, transgenics, and high plant densities from the 1990s onward. The document outlines ongoing work in molecular breeding

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    This document provides a history of corn yield gains from its origins in teosinte to modern breeding techniques. It traces the development from native American varieties kept through open pollination, to the introduction of hybrid corn and inbred lines in the early 20th century. Major milestones included the establishment of land grant universities promoting science-based breeding in the 1860s-1925, the adoption of hybrids by farmers in the 1930s-40s driven by their substantial yields. Continued genetic improvements through single cross hybrids in the 1950s-60s led to landmark varieties. Recent advances incorporated biotechnology, transgenics, and high plant densities from the 1990s onward. The document outlines ongoing work in molecular breeding

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    This document provides a history of corn yield gains from its origins in teosinte to modern breeding techniques. It traces the development from native American varieties kept through open pollination, to the introduction of hybrid corn and inbred lines in the early 20th century. Major milestones included the establishment of land grant universities promoting science-based breeding in the 1860s-1925, the adoption of hybrids by farmers in the 1930s-40s driven by their substantial yields. Continued genetic improvements through single cross hybrids in the 1950s-60s led to landmark varieties. Recent advances incorporated biotechnology, transgenics, and high plant densities from the 1990s onward. The document outlines ongoing work in molecular breeding

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    History of Corn Yield

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    This document provides a history of corn yield gains from its origins in teosinte to modern breeding techniques. It traces the development from native American varieties kept through open pollination, to the introduction of hybrid corn and inbred lines in the early 20th century. Major milestones included the establishment of land grant universities promoting science-based breeding in the 1860s-1925, the adoption of hybrids by farmers in the 1930s-40s driven by their substantial yields. Continued genetic improvements through single cross hybrids in the 1950s-60s led to landmark varieties. Recent advances incorporated biotechnology, transgenics, and high plant densities from the 1990s onward. The document outlines ongoing work in molecular breeding

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    History of

    Yield
    Gains in
    Corn
    Origin
    Teosinte Yields

    ➔
    Native American Women
    Historical Corn Improvement
    Native Americans Knew LOTS about
    corn!

    ➔
    Native Varieties—They Kept MANY
    How we got US Cornbelt
    Dent
    Open Pollinated Varieties
    Mandatory Corn Breeder’s Slide
    Farmers Produced/Saved Own Seed

    ➔
    Science—Genetics Drove Corn Breeding
    1860-1925

    ➔
    East and Jones, Double Crosses, 1918 to
    1925
    Mandatory Corn Breeder’s Slide
    USDA/Land Grant Vision ca. 1934
    Why did farmers adopt hybrids?

    ➔
    Launched Era of Entrepreneurs
    ➔Focused Enterprises
    World War II➔ Drove Exponential
    Growth!
    Surplus Nitrogen-making capacity

    ➔
    ➔
    After WWII, Breeding Genetic
    Improvement
    Single Crosses 1959-1964

    ➔
    Single Cross Impact
    ➔
    Landmark Hybrids, Inbreds
    Mandatory Corn Breeder’s Slide
    (Bob Nielsen, Purdue)
    Hand Planting, Early Mechanization
    1970-1975
    1960’s thru
    1990’s

    •
    •
    •

    •
    Mandatory Corn Breeder’s Slide
    (Bob Nielsen, Purdue)
    Biotechnology/Transgenics

    ➔
    Why Were “Traits” Adopted?
    2005 onward
    PLANT DENSITY!!!!!
    High Plant Density Impacts

    ➔
    ꝉ
    Sequencing DNA (&RNA)
    Molecular Breeding/Prediction
    New INBRED/HYBRID DEVELOPMENT
    TECHNOLOGIES
    ➔
    RNAi Systems
    CRISPR-Cas9? EDITING
    Epigenetics
    Linked Computing Power, Data Capture,
    Large Scale& Rapid Phenotyping
    Drought, Water Use Efficiency
    Plant & Soil MICROBIOME
    Seed Treatments

    ➔
    Where is Corn Breeding/Performance
    Headed?
    ➔

    ➔
    DANGER of LOSING GENES , germplasm!!!

    ➔
    Mandatory Corn Breeder’s Slide

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