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FEBRUARY 2012
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The quest for nitrogen fixing corn
Amy Petherick
Early planting and longer maturating varieties in soybeans
Dan Docking and Horst Bohner, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture Food and Rural Affairs
Re-plant and stress recovery in corn
Treena Hein
Getting creative with nutrient sourcing
Amy Petherick
Shaping young farm leaders
Claire Cowan
Putting a price on plant biotechnology
Rebecca Hannam
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The quest for nitrogen fixing corn
RESEARCHERS TESTING POTENTIALLY CRITICAL ELEMENT
Amy Petherick

A BACTERIUM THAT may be capable of actively fixing nitrogen in corn has been studied and tested in Ontario. Although research is still very preliminary, the study may provide an important clue in the search for a nitrogen-fixing cereal crop
Early planting and longer maturating varieties in soybeans
EXTENSIVE SOYBEAN BREEDING ing in Ontario is continually leading to higher yielding soybean varieties. Unfortunately, these higher yields are not always realized in field scale production. One management strategy that leads to higher yields is early
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Re-plant and stress recovery in corn
IN ANY GIVEN year, as much as 32,000 acres of Ontario corn is re-planted due to poor plant stand establishment. “If a poor stand is not removed prior to replanting, it becomes a weed that can have significant impact on the yield of the replanted
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