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Wet Soils Affect Corn Roots and Nitrogen Uptake

2013-07-02 18:02:00| Corn & Soybean Digest

Source: University of Illinois When soils remain saturated for more than a day or two, the lack of oxygen causes nutrient uptake to slow quickly, and root tips start to die off. It helps that temperatures have not been above normal; cooler water carries more dissolved oxygen, and also slows growth and nutrient uptake. Also, plants during vegetative growth have much better ability to grow back damaged root systems once soils drain than do plants during or after pollination. read more

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