Severely damaged or diseased stalks should be avoided. Fifteen 8-inch segments should be collected from every 10 acres of corn and combined to form a single sample. Corn stalk samples should be ...

Compare corn with other crop plants. A single oat seed gives about 20-25 kernels ... One parent may be big-eared, the other tall stalk. The resulting hybrid takes the best from both parents.

Stalk rots are one of the most significant set of diseases on corn. These diseases are insidious, and often growers are unaware of their effects until harvest. Low levels of stalk rot occur in nearly ...

Sample corn stalks no earlier than one week after black layers have ... Quarter the stalks and combine one stalk quarter from each of the 15 stalk segments to form a single composite sample per ...