Purdue Pest & Crop Newsletter
September 3, 2010
Here is Issue 23 of the Pest&Crop Newsletter
May 28, 2007 Agronomy
As is usual in Indiana, late spring thunderstorms rumbling across the state often include damaging hail.
Looking out the kitchen window the morning after such a storm can be one of the most disheartening feelings in the world to a corn grower.
Yield loss in corn due to hail damage results primarily from 1) stand reduction caused by plant death and 2) leaf area reduction caused by hail damage to the leaves (Vorst, 1993). Assessing the yield consequences of hail damage in corn therefore requires that the severity of each of these factors be estimated.
September 2, 2010
Two more posted this week: High Night-Time Temperatures and Stalk Cannibalization in Corn Anth...
August 31, 2010
C.O.R.N. Newsletter 2010-28 08/31/10-09/07/10 Editor: Andrew Kleinschmidt
August 30, 2010
An ancient offshoot of soybeans may one day provide resistance to sudden death syndrome (SDS) and soybean rust, University of Illinois scientists reported at the recent U of I Agronomy Day.