Your corn plants cannot compete with the massive amount ... of the ground are not part of the carbon penalty, but the corn root system is, Ferrie says. If you chiseled the corn stalks last fall ...

The root of a corn plant injured by corn rootworm, the crop's most damaging pest in the Midwest. Photo by Erin Hodgson/Iowa ...

Corn plants, also known as cornstalk plants or ... the circular white lines around the plant. You can propagate, or make new plants, from these trimmed portions. First, make sure you have at ...

The amount of water lost via transpiration can be incredibly high; a single irrigated corn plant growing ... water used by land plants is absorbed from the soil by roots. A root system consists ...