At this stage, nitrogen demand is primarily concentrated in ear development and grain formation ... effectively be used for the inversion of corn’s biophysical and biochemical parameters. (3) During ...

Diseases cause worry ahead of corn planting season among t hose are Tar Spot, Southern Rust and Corn Stunt, as Tim Unruh ...

The physical structure of corn plants - including the angle of leaves bending from the stem and the number of pollen-laden tassel branches - makes a big difference for yield. Compact plants can be ...

Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) is a destructive pest native to tropical and subtropical regions ...

If brown stink bugs are going to cause problems, they really need to be hit just before tassel push. About a third of folks ... Walk into the field, about 5 rows and look at the stems of 100 corn ...

Japanese beetle populations have been growing in Missouri since 1999. They feed on corn tassels to reduce ear fill, pollination and yields. They skeletonize soybean leaves and feed on fruit trees and ...

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NAPERVILLE, Illinois, Feb 23 (Reuters) - Whenever speculators build sizably bullish views in Chicago corn, they are not usually in a hurry to completely erase them. In the week ended February 18 ...

As the caterpillar eats, it tunnels into the corn plant. The second generation appears at tasseling or just past tasseling, burrows into the cornstalk or the ear, and feeds, damaging the stalk or ...

Setting up your planter before planting season begins correlates strongly with corn ear count in the field down the road, Farm Journal associate field agronomist Missy Bauer tells viewers in ...

Biotech company Corn Next has released CornNext-17, a corn starch-based material made through a natural fermentation process. It can be used to make biodegradable packaging such as straws ...