Educational Outreach:

Associated with the cytogenetic map of maize project.

Public Education and Outreach Events:

Summer, 2004. Show-and-tell Mutants of Maize Field Day
21 June 2004, Mission Road Field Station, FSU Biology, Photos Here
More Photos, from F. Amarillo.
Fall, 2004. School of Arts and Sciences (SAS) middle school science class, links to student projects, Fall 2004
Summer, 2005. Maize Mutants Field Day, Mission Rd., Tallahassee, FL
Summer, 2006. Maize-10-Maze with FAMU and FACE program, Quincy, FL
Summer, 2007. Maize-10-Maze with FAMU and FACE program, Quincy, FL

The Maize-10-Maze Project:

A field replicate of the maize pachytene cytogenic FISH map
Using classical genetics to illustrate gene and chromosome maps in corn.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION
The Maize-10-Maze project plans to use the new cytogenetic map to guide the production of a field replicate of the maize genome in which individual rows represent single chromosomes. This self-guided public tour of the maize genome will raise public awareness of how plant genome research can benefit society, relating genome research to issues of public interest such as food production, plant biology, renewable energy, and genetic diversity. This web site will be updated as we make progress toward our ultimate goal to represent the 10 chromosomes of maize in a 10 row field maze for the general public to explore in summer 2006 and again in summer 2007.

FIELD 2004, Mission Road Field, FSU Biology, Tallahassee, FL
We grew out 120 mutant families and bulked seed this summer (2004) for the future Maize-10-Maze field.

Mutant Field Pictures from 2004 summer field
Robert Garbriel (above right), one of the student field workers, helps with photography.
Mutants selected by:
Marshawn Hay and Hank Bass
Mutant Photo Credits:
Karen Graffius, Field/plant photos
Bobbye Hill, staging
Maria Conejo, Ear photos
All Field Pictures - renamed, unedited, in order of seed co-op stock number
- Mutant Plant and Ear Photo Gallery, zmXmz_v4c
  , grouped by BINs. KEY for plant/field picture names (for example file name 1652_Hs1_701F_2966 )
  1652 = HWB family number, from the field
  Hs1 = Mutant name Hs1, for the Hairy Sheath1 mutant
  701F= The maize seed stock center number, 701F (*more info below)
  1652 = Camera picture number.
  Ear Pics: Filenames start with family number and cross (e.g. 1652-2@_etc.jpg)
  * Note on source of maize mutants:
  The mutants used for this project were selected from a large list of mutants that were originally isolated by geneticists, breeders, and farmers over the last 80 years. Many of these are considered classical mutants, having been studied for years to learn about the principles and mechanisms of genetics and heredity. The mutant stocks are distributed to scientists and breeders through the Maize Genetics Cooperation Stock Center Catalog. Almost all of the maize stocks were obtained by HWB for the Maize-10-Maze project from the maize stock center in winter of 2003/04.
Funded by the NSF Plant Genome Research Program [NSF-PGRP].

Educational Outreach:

Public Education and Outreach Events:

The Maize-10-Maze Project:

A field replicate of the maize pachytene cytogenic FISH map Using classical genetics to illustrate gene and chromosome maps in corn.

A field replicate of the maize pachytene cytogenic FISH map
Using classical genetics to illustrate gene and chromosome maps in corn.