Successful germination alone does not guarantee successful emergence of a corn crop. Elongation of the mesocotyl must elevate the coleoptile to the soil surface before the inner true leaves emerge from the protective tissue of the coleoptile.
Successful germination alone does not guarantee successful emergence of a corn crop. Elongation of the mesocotyl must elevate the coleoptile to the soil surface before the inner true leaves emerge from the protective tissue of the coleoptile.
This week brought freezing temperatures across much of Indiana – an unpleasant change from the previous weeks that were encouraging us to think about short sleeves and flip-flops!
Staying true to global climate trends these days, March 2020 finished warmer and wetter than the 1981-2010 climate normal period.
2019 Black Cutworm Pheromone Trap Report Form
Each year the members of the Corn Disease Working Group and the North Central Regional Committee on Soybean Diseases (NCERA 127) with the support of the United Soybean Board establish ratings on the efficacy of fungicides for corn and soybean diseases.
Every year growers may experience challenges when controlling winter annuals weeds or terminating cover crops with glyphosate, specifically when glyphosate is sprayed in cool weather conditions or tank mixed with atrazine or an atrazine premix.
Field work has progressed significantly in the past couple of weeks due to warmer temperatures.
The warmer temperatures in the past couple of weeks have allowed winter wheat fields in Indiana to green up and resume growth.
Taking large round and large rectangular bales and wrapping them with white plastic to make bale silage (baleage) has become a common practice.
Although in the Midwest the black cutworm is considered to be one of the most major pests of corn.
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