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First hollow stem: a critical wheat growth stage for dual‐purpose producers
Author(s) -
Edwards Jeff,
Horn Gerald
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
crops and soils
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2325-3606
pISSN - 0162-5098
DOI - 10.2134/cs2016-49-1-2
Subject(s) - certification , pasture , dual purpose , stage (stratigraphy) , dual (grammatical number) , reading (process) , agronomy , agricultural science , agricultural engineering , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , engineering , political science , management , economics , art , mechanical engineering , literature , paleontology , law
The purpose of this article is to explain why first hollow stem (FHS) is the best time to remove cattle from wheat pasture, provide details on how to identify FHS, and discuss some of the environmental and physiological factors that determine when FHS occurs. Earn 0.5 CEUs in Crop Management by reading this article and completing the quiz at www.certifiedcropadviser.org/certifications/self‐study/752 .