Corn Quality –Table 1 below shows average germination percentages for warm, tray cold and saturated colds so far this testing season. Minimal frost damage was reported from one location. Color sorting on 120+ sized lots with following defects noted: popped, cracked, Fusarium spp. Trait tests thus far in 2008 are presented in Table 2.
Table 1. Warm, tray cold and saturated cold percentages from 2008 corn crop.
|
Germ Range % |
Warm Germ |
Tray Cold |
Saturated Cold |
|
95 + |
88.2 |
41.3 |
28.2 |
|
90-94 |
9.8 |
33.1 |
23.6 |
|
85-89 |
1.6 |
14.6 |
14.2 |
|
80-84 |
0.1 |
6.0 |
10.0 |
|
75-79 |
0.2 |
2.3 |
6.2 |
|
70-74 |
0.1 |
1.5 |
6.7 |
|
<70 |
0.0 |
1.2 |
11.1 |
Table 2. Corn Trait Tests mean percentages from 2008 new crop corn.
|
Range |
Cry1Ab |
Cry1F |
Cry3Bb |
|
90/90 |
30 |
57 |
82 |
|
89/90 |
32 |
24 |
12 |
|
88/90 |
22 |
14 |
4 |
|
87/90 |
15 |
0 |
1 |
|
85-86/90 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
80-84/90 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
<80/90 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
Brad Farber – Corn Laboratory Manager