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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1988-08-03, Page 6Page 6—Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, August 3,1988 No solid predictions offered for drought effects Drought How does drought effect the corn crop? Unfortunately this year we have had visual demonstrations of the symptoms. The direct effect on yield has yet to be determined but research does offer some predictions. An Iowa State publication predicts that stress up to the rapid growth stage has little effect on final yield if good conditions prevail during pollination and grain filling. It may actually stimulate good root growth which will aid the plant later. The exception to this is poor germination due to drought. Most of our corn crops were planted deep enough to reach enough moisture for ade- quate emergence. Drought stress becomes most critical at the tasselling, silking and pollinating times. Grain yield may be reduced as much as 10% for each day of drought stress. High temperatures further aggrevate this effect. Stress delays and prolongs silking. In the ex- treme, pollen shed and silking do not coin- cide. The more general effect is that total pollination fails to take place if the plant cannot support a large grain yield. We are currently entering this stage of growth. The time period from rapid growth to tasselling that we have just passed through has affected plant size. Smaller plants are affected much more severely than larger FBruce County OMAF ARM REPORT plants. Early planting, crop rotation and, fertility effects are noticeable factors in the size of corn plants and the effect of the drought stress. Hope may be taken in the fact that yield losses are about two to three percent per day of drought stress. A similar type of yield loss, three and four percent per day of drought stress, occurs during the grain filling period. Frost becomes much more of a risk than drought later in the season. Frost that prematurely kills corn will drop yields and can make the product unsaleable as it cannot be dried down. A frost three weeks before blacklayer may reduce yields 10 to 20 percent and it can be as high as 50 percent if it occurs four weeks early. Hybrid selection is based on the fear of this occurring. This article is an attempt to show some values for yield loss not to predict crop failures. Nature has an amazing capacity to compensate for stresses and often it may be better to have estimates of yield loss than to fear the worst. Family Financial Record Book Families who keep separate accounts and records for family living and business ex- penses will find planning and managing their living easier than families who do not. The Family Financial Record Book will help families keep a record of how much money is spent on their family living costs for a year. 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