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research article

Sweet corn: Growth and yield affected by irrigation in semiarid areas

authors

John H. MacGillivray, Experiment Station, Davis

publication information

California Agriculture 4(4):13-13. DOI: 10.3733/ca.v004n04p13. April 1950.

Summary

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Growth of sweet corn is greatly affected by insufficient soil moisture, as measured by yield of marketable ears, size of plant, and dry matter produced.

author affiliations

John H. MacGillivray is Professor of Truck Crops and Olericulturist in the Experiment Station, Davis.

author notes

These experiments were conducted in cooperation with L. D. Doneen, Associate Irrigation Agronomist in the Experiment Station, Davis.

The above progress report is based on Research Project No. 1106.