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29 Aug 2014
URL: http://www.kingcorn.org/news/articles.14/Preharvest-Honeydo.html

A Few Things to Do Before Corn Harvest

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

Iam still hopeful that most of Indiana's 2014 corn crop will physiologically mature in September and that the bulk of the harvest will occur in its usual October timeframe. As the 2014 corn crop heads down the "home stretch" toward physiological maturity and harvest, here are a few items you may want to add to your "honey do" list.

Related reading

Nielsen, RL (Bob). 2010. Yield Monitor Calibration: Garbage In, Garbage Out. Corny News Network, Purdue Extension. http://www.kingcorn.org/news/timeless/YldMonCalibr.html [URL accessed Aug 2014].

Nielsen, RL (Bob). 2013. Stress During Grain Fill: A Harbinger of Stalk Health Problems. Corny News Network, Purdue Extension. http://www.kingcorn.org/news/timeless/StalkHealth.html [URL accessed Aug 2014].

Shaner, G. E. and D. H. Scott. 1998. Stalk Rots of Corn. Purdue Extension Publ. #BP-59. https://www.extension.purdue.edu/extmedia/BP/BP-59.pm65.pdf [URL accessed Aug 2004].

Woloshuk, Charles and Kiersten Wise. 2009. Diseases of Corn: Diplodia Ear Rot. Purdue Extension Publ. #BP-75-W. https://www.extension.purdue.edu/extmedia/BP/BP-75-W.pdf [URL accessed Aug 2014].

Woloshuk, Charles and Kiersten Wise. 2010. Diseases of Corn: Gibberella Ear Rot. Purdue Extension Publ. #BP-77-W. https://www.extension.purdue.edu/extmedia/BP/BP-77-W.pdf [URL accessed Aug 2014].