Claim · model-written summary
Covered seeds were killed by temperatures above 125F on sunny days.
- Taxon
- corn
Zea mays subsp. mayst0 - Outcome
- Seeds were killede0
- Qualifier
- temperatures exceeding 125F on sunny dayse0
Verbatim
e0“Seeds were killed when subjected to temperatures exceeding 125F on sunny days.”
t0“Bicolor supersweet corn”
Title
Bicolor supersweet corn trials.
David E. Hill Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution)
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- Observation Crop 1 average yield was higher at Windsor than at Mt. Carmel.
- Observation Crop 2 average yield at Windsor was 13,830 ears/A.
- Observation Confection had the highest Crop 1 yield at Windsor, 23,845 ears/A.
- Observation Confection yielded 16,995 ears/A at Mt. Carmel in Crop 1.
- Mechanism High Confection yield was attributed to 72-75% germination.
- Observation Summer Sweet 8102 yielded 19,660 ears/A in Crop 1 at Windsor.
- Observation Summer Sweet 8102 yielded 20,530 ears/A in Crop 2 at Windsor.
- Mechanism Summer Sweet 8102 high yield was attributed to 2.2 ears per plant.
- Observation Eagle had the longest ears at 7.9 in.
- Observation Eagle had the heaviest ears at 8.4 oz.
- Observation Eagle ears had a median 16 rows, with 30% having 18 rows.
- Observation Untreated Eagle seed germinated poorly.
- Observation Summer Sweet 8102 had excellent husk cover and the greatest Grade 1 percentage, 72.
- Observation Top Notch ears were longer and heavier at Mt. Carmel than Windsor.
- Observation Top Notch Grade 1 ears exceeded 75% at Windsor versus 22% at Mt. Carmel.
- Intervention effect Clear plastic mulch increased germination of Confection, Summer Sweet 8102 and Sweet Heart by over 20% at Windsor on May 14.
- Intervention effect Reemay row cover increased germination of Confection and Top Notch by over 20%.
- Intervention effect Clear plastic mulch increased Top Notch and Skyline germination at Mt. Carmel by 3-17%.
- Intervention effect Clear plastic mulch caused profound germination decreases in all cultivars in the May 27-28 planting.