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Late-emerging plants contribute to yield...or do they?

May 26, 2020 | How much delay in emergence does it take to end up with corn plants that don’t produce as big of an ear, or no ear at all? Dave Nanda, Ph.D., director of genetics, will attempt to answer that question by monitoring the Corn Watch ’20 field.

Connie JeffriesMay 26, 2020COrn Watch, corn, CornWatch20, Dave Nanda, Seed Genetics Direct, late emergence, freeze

Corn showed resilience to cold temps

May 26, 2020 | “As long as the growing point below ground didn’t freeze, we knew plants would recover,” Dave Nanda, SGD director of genetics, said. “The growing point is the key.”

Connie JeffriesMay 26, 2020corn, freeze, corn watch, CornWatch20, Dave Nanda, Seed Genetics Direct