This research also investigated the drying rate of white corn hybrids. It was shown that the difference between a fast versus slow drying hybrid was as high as 25%. This means that when under the same ...

GDUs offer a more reliable method to predict corn emergence and development than using calendar days, according to yield ...

“As you drove around this area, the only corn that was standing happened to be short-stature hybrid corn,” recalls Sean Blomgren, a farmer and owner of Blomgren Seed based in central ...

The tolerance of these sweet corn hybrids to postemergence applications of Accent and Callisto was evaluated in field trials from 2005 to 2007 at multiple locations across the US. These tolerance ...

By controlling male fertility, this new gene could help address challenges in the development of highly productive hybrid wheat.    Wheat provides 20% of global food calories, but creating ...

From 1866 to 1899, farmers averaged a harvest of 26 stalks of corn per acre. A huge turning point occurred in the 1930s with the introduction of hybrid corn, which marked the beginning of steady ...

When that failed, he worked to develop a hybrid type of corn, which eventually proved a success in 1965 after his sons had ...