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Posted by Gerald J. on July 03, 2007 at 20:26:32 from (67.0.102.153):
In Reply to: Corn Question... posted by Dug on July 03, 2007 at 20:18:57:
Hybrid corn uses male and female plants. The tassels are the male part, the silks on the ears the female parts. To control the pollenation to make a hybrid, different parent plants are planted (sometimes at different times) generally 4 or 5 female rows with 1 or 2 male rows. The tassels are removed from the female rows (detasseling) and the male rows supply all the pollen. Then once the silks are pollenated, the male rows are removed. That's how hybrid seed corn is produced. There are machines that do some of the detasseling, but crews still go through the field making sure the machine didn't miss any. Gerald J.
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