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How A Corn Plant Develops

Special Report No. 48 Reprinted June 1993

Iowa State University of Science and Technology Cooperative Extension Service, Ames, Iowa

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Contents

• How a Corn Plant Develops
• The Illustrations
• Identifying Stages of Development
• Vegetative Stages and Development
• Reproductive Stages and Kernel Development
• Conclusions
  • - How a Corn Plant Grows
  • - Nutrient Uptake
  • - Fertilizer Applications
• Summary

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Prepared by Steven W. Ritchie, former agronomy research assistant; John J. Hanway, professor of agronomy, retired; and Garren 0. Benson, extension agronomist. J. Clayton Herman, editor; photography ISU Photo Service; technical assistance from Steven J. Lupkes, agronomy research associate. Hypermedia version by Ricardo J. Salvador, with technical assistance from Robert Satter, William Miller, Aaron Kitzman, and the Facilities of the Raymond and Mary Baker Multimedia Laboratory Copyright, 1992, Iowa State University of Science and Technology.

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