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Welcome to the web home for Field, Lab, Earth, the podcast from the American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America. The podcast all about past and present advances in agronomic, crop, soil, and environmental sciences, our show features timely interviews with our authors about research in these fields.

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May 20, 2022

“The Potential to Breed a Low-Protein Maize for Protein-Restricted Diets” with Matthew Woore, Dr. Sherry Flint-Garcia, and Dr. Jim Holland

Phenylketonuria is a metabolic disorder which results in a need for a strict low-protein diet. This restricts the intake of corn and many corn-based foods. This episode, Smitty, Sherry, and Jim discuss their work developing a low-protein corn variety so that individuals with Phenylketunoria can enjoy more corn-based foods.

Tune in to learn:

  • Which types of crosses produce the best results
  • How breeders can test kernels for protein
  • How low protein can go in a corn kernel
  • What it takes to get low protein seed varieties into market

If you would like more information about this topic, this episode’s paper is available here: https://doi.org/10.1002/csc2.20600

It will be freely available from 15 April to 30 April, 2022.

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If you would like to reach out to Smitty, you can find him here:
mwsmith6@ncsu.edu
plantfoodpodcast@gmail.com

If you would like to reach out to Sherry, you can find him here:
sherry.flint-garcia@usda.gov
https://www.ars.usda.gov/people-locations/person?person-id=36879

If you would like to reach out to Jim, you can find him here:
jim.holland@usda.gov
https://www.ars.usda.gov/people-locations/person?person-id=2555

If you would like to reach out to Brooke Keadle from our Student Spotlight, you can find her here:
skeadle@vols.utk.edu
Brooke’s lab’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tn_varietytesting/

Resources

CEU Quiz: https://web.sciencesocieties.org/Learning-Center/Courses/Course-Detail?productid=%7bA0105507-42D1-EC11-A7B5-000D3A34F5C9%7d

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