About this episode

The episode discusses corn root characterization, including short corn and fertilizer placement with strip till.

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. Crop Physiology Lab Talking Crop survey Guest contact: Jared - fender2@illinois.edu | Sam - sjl15@illinois.edu Host contact: seebruck@illinois.edu | (815) 986-4357

People in this episode

Host: Kathryn Seebruck

Guests: Jared Fender, Sam Leskanich

Topics covered

• corn root characterization
• short corn
• fertilizer placement
• strip till
• crop physiology

Keywords

• corn
• roots
• fertilizer
• strip till
• crop physiology
• research

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: University of Illinois, Crop Physiology Lab

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