Executive Producer, Writer
David Micklos
Producer, Writer
Amy Nisselle
Creative Director
Susan Lauter
Designers
Eun-Sook Jeong
Chun-hua Yang
Production Assistants
Anne Burlet-Parendel, Chris Weidler
Scientific Advisors
Marja Timmermans, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, NY
Michael Scanlon, Cornell University, NY
Interviewees
Ed Buckler, USDA-ARS, Cornell University, NY
John Doebley, University of Madison, WI
Luis R. Herrera-Estrella, National Laboratory of Genomics for Biodiversity, Mexico
Renee Lafitte, Pioneer Hi-Bred International, CA
Rob Martienssen, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, NY
David Micklos, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, NY
Torbert Rocheford, Purdue University, IN
Richard Sayre, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, MO
James Siedow, Duke University, NC
Suketoshi Taba, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, Mexico
Jean-Philippe Vielle-Calzada, National Laboratory of Genomics for Biodiversity, Mexico
Virginia Walbot, Stanford University, CA
James Watson, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, NY
Doreen Ware, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, NY
Sue Wessler, University of California Riverside, CA
Jason Williams, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, NY
Rick Wilson, Genome Sequencing Center, Washington University, MO
Time-lapse video of growing maize plants
Executive Producer
David Micklos
Producer
Amy Nisselle
Creative Director
Susan Lauter
Videographers
Chun-hua Yang, Eun-Sook Jeong
Scientific Advisors
Marja Timmermans, Peter Bommert
Head Gardener
Tim Mulligan
Production Assistants
Chris Weidler, Peter Schwind,
Paul Hanlon
Technical Information
• Filmed at the Dolan DNA Learning Center,
Cold Spring Harbor, NY
• Maize strain: B73
• Timeline
- July 27: Seeds planted
- July 30 (Day 1): Germination
- August 28 (Day 30): Hurricane Irene
- September 27 (Day 62): Tassel and ear bags
attached for controlled pollination
- November 8 (Day 105): Corn harvested
