Crop: Corn (Zea mays)

Breeder: Lucas Nebert Dry Farming Institute

OSSI Pledge Date: 1/1/2025

Release Date: 1/1/2025

Bred for Organic Systems: Yes

Commercial Availability: Yes

Description

“Wildfire dent represents a genetically-diverse dry farmed selection of Open Oak Party Mix dent corn that yields over 20% more than the original Party Mix when dry farmed. Led by Lucas Nebert, the OSU Dry Farming Program and the Dry Farming Institute have been breeding our original variety for increased water use efficiency using a breeding process called recurrent selection, which effectively speeds up corn adaptation without sacrificing too much genetic diversity. A new addition to this breeding population is some Northwestern Red dent, a vibrant, hardy OP corn variety that was bred by Oscar Will during the days that the northern great plains was called the ‘Northwest’. Northwestern Red dent also brings more of the flame-like kernel appearance to this Wildfire population.”
Source: https://dryfarming.org/

Availability from OSSI Seed Company Partners

Adaptive Seeds