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BENEFITS OF IRRIGATING SEED CORN INBREDS IN<br />

2005 - Ridgetown<br />

Parameters<br />

Oh Increase<br />

Average Plant Height 22.0<br />

Plant Vigour Rating 59.4<br />

Cob Length 14.4<br />

Ave. Kernels per Row 19.3<br />

Cob Width 5.6<br />

Ave. # <strong>of</strong> Rows per Cob 6.3<br />

# <strong>of</strong> Cobs 11.2<br />

Yield - Husks ON<br />

Yield - Husks OFF<br />

Field Moisture<br />

Fig. 11. Advantage <strong>of</strong> irrigating seed corn in 2005 - Ridgetown<br />

AN INCREASE IN SHELLED YIELDS OF 46.2%<br />

Irrigated<br />

Nomlrrigated

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