Sweet corn is a fast grower, developing tall stalks with bright green leaves. In the home garden, one corn plant usually ...

Corn development and final yields The number of harvestable kernels per ear is an important contributor to the grain-yield potential of a corn plant. Severe plant stress during ear formation may ...

He and two customers planted the hybrids at variable populations ranging from 35,000 to 43,000 plants per acre in 20" and 30" row widths. “While the stalk integrity of the short-stature corn was ...

Low levels of stalk rot occur in nearly every corn field in Delaware, and severity and incidence varies from year to year. Stalk rots can cause breakage and lodging of stalks and plant death. In many ...

ECOR Global Inc. would employ around 150 people at its plant in Elmendorf, according to materials submitted to Bexar County.

Lodging can occur in plants infected with stalk rot. C. graminicola overwinters in corn residue on the surface of the field. In the spring, under warm, rainy conditions the fungus produces spores on ...

“Seeing how tall corn can grow comes down to internode length and quantity,” Karl explains—in other words, the number of leaves a stalk has and the distance ... shifts the light spectrum reaching the ...

The National Agricultural Statistics Service reported that as of May 27, 92 percent of the Minnesota corn crop had emerged, a day behind last year, but 13 days ahead of the five-year average. Corn ...

Strong corn stalks are a bit like the proverbial double ... up faster resulting in more uniform seed emergence and better plant stands. Less crop residue also means improved planter performance ...