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Maturity of Seed Corn in Relation to Yielding Ability and Disease Infection 1
Author(s) -
Koehler Benj.,
Dungan G. H.,
Burlison W. L.
Publication year - 1934
Publication title -
agronomy journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.752
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1435-0645
pISSN - 0002-1962
DOI - 10.2134/agronj1934.00021962002600040002x
Subject(s) - crop , citation , agricultural experiment station , relation (database) , production (economics) , maturity (psychological) , library science , agronomy , mathematics , agricultural science , computer science , agriculture , biology , political science , economics , law , ecology , database , macroeconomics
There has been considerable uncertainty with regard to when seed corn should be harvested in order to give the best performance when planted. Some farmers regularly select their seed from the crib from corn harvested sometime during the late fall or early winter. Some always select their seed in the field before the regular harvest and before there is much danger from frost, while others select their seed corn early only in seasons when they feel that the corn is in a condition in which it might be especially liable to injury by cold temperatures. This experiment was undertaken to see if there is any particular time for selecting seed which had best be adhered to regularly, and to see what effect harvesting at different stages of etevelopment has upon the seed with respect to its subsequent field performanee.