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Extended high heat disrupts corn pollination

Aug 1, 2019
Aug 1, 2019 Updated Aug 6, 2019

Corn pollen on and near silks. For each kernel of grain to be produced, one silk needs to be fertilized by one pollen grain.
Photo courtesy Jenny Rees/University of Nebraska

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Editor’s note: The following was written by Tom Hoegemeyer, former University of Nebraska adjunct professor, Jenny Rees and Tyler Williams, Extension educators, and Al Dutcher, associate Nebraska State Climatologist, for the university’s Crop Watch website.

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