Posted by Paul on July 20, 2013 at 11:47:53 from (70.198.11.168):
In Reply to: corn question posted by Pitch on July 20, 2013 at 05:18:39:
Agree with the others, planted late, or silage corn, or old open pollinated corn tends to get taller.
Several agronomy meets I've been to said the same thing - short corn would be a better thing for grain, however as they breed plants the tall ones get more sunlight and thus bigger yields so the tall trait stays in our hybrids because they follow along with better yields.
If the plant breeders had the time and money, to develop a shorter corn with the same yielding genetics, would be a better thing, but it doesn't happen easily in the current way we select breeds.
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