date:May 30, 2012
does not use a lot of water on a per acre basis every day, it nevertheless requires adequate soil moisture to support the initial development of the young plants' nodal root systems in the early leaf stages of stand establishment, Nielsen says. The success or failure of the initial development of a corn plants nodal root system greatly influences the success or failure of the young corn plant in transitioning from 'life support' using kernel reserves to relying on the developing nodal root syst