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The Effects Of Fertilizer And Moisture On The Yield Of Sweet Corn, Rex F. Nielson
The Effects Of Fertilizer And Moisture On The Yield Of Sweet Corn, Rex F. Nielson
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
Sweet corn is rapidly becoming an important cash crop in many of the irrigated regions of the intermountain West. The lacome from this crop is relatively small in comparison to that from other major agricultural products; however, sweet corn production has a definite place in the economy of the region.
One of the factors limiting increasing acreage of sweet corn in many areas is low yields. Yields have been increased naterially in recent years with the development of hybrid varieties, superior to the standard varieties previously used. Better cultural practices are improving yields, but much remains to be done in …