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Characterizing corn: Roots, short corn, and strip till

Characterizing corn: Roots, short corn, and strip till

Update: 2025-09-03
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In this episode of Talking Crop, Jared Fender and Sam Leskanich, researchers with the Crop Physiology Lab at the University of Illinois, and host, Kathryn Seebruck, discuss corn root characterization including that of short corn, as well as fertilizer placement and timing with strip till. 

 

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Guest contact: Jared - fender2@illinois.edu | Sam - sjl15@illinois.edu

Host contact: seebruck@illinois.edu | (815) 986-4357

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Characterizing corn: Roots, short corn, and strip till

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