Corn yield results not from the number of plants in a field but rather the number of ears — photocopied ears of sufficient length and girth. Gaps in a stand and plants without ears contribute ...

Add several thousand ears per acre to your yield results and boost ROI by getting your planter ready for the field. Be sure ...

And you won’t see any field corn at the grocery store. “If you grab an ear of field corn and take a bite, you'll probably chip a tooth,” says Smoke-McCluskey. About 40% of US dent corn is ...

Low levels of stalk rot occur in nearly every corn field in Delaware, and severity and incidence varies ... Initial symptoms of stalk rots are noticed by premature wilting and ear drop (Figure 1). As ...

perennially cause leaf and ear damage to corn in the southeastern USA. Development of transgenic hybrids expressing insecticidal endotoxin from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) offers a new approach to ...

Crop Production Extension agent in the Cottonwood District (which includes Barton and Ellis counties) for K-St ...

Sweet corn is most often eaten cooked. Peel or “shuck” the outer green leaves and remove the silks. If you see insect feeding damage on the tip end, simply cut off the end of the ear. Sweet corn can ...