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Published 29 May 2003

Photo Gallery:
Silver Leaf Symptom in Corn

URL: http://www.kingcorn.org/news/articles.03/SilverLeaf-0529-Gallery.html

R.L. (Bob) Nielsen
Agronomy Dept., Purdue Univ.
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2054
Email address: rnielsen@purdue.edu
 

These are images of the "silver leaf" symptom in corn. The westcentral Indiana field was planted in mid-April and the images taken on May 29 when the corn was at the V5 to V6 stage of development. See the accompanying article for more information about this corn oddity.

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Ear of cornSilver leaf symptomEar of cornSilver leaf symptomEar of cornSilver leaf symptomEar of corn
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Another type of leaf surface damage that may be confused with that due to radiational cooling is that due to wind- or sandblasting. Compare the following images and the visual differences should be apparent.

Ear of cornSilver leaf symptomEar of cornSandblasting injury to leaf surfaceEar of corn

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