Good Pa. Com Crop Forecast in 1971
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Petersen added that he thinks all the losses from blight—but
•ponvfriable type and yield, but ,™- S an(^ he blight is a blessing it will take a few years ”
also- developed corn “uniformly ln 'disguise, because he thinks New Seed Symbols
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and double crosses, he said varieties that will make up for Cla^lon ’ explained how know-
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ledge of TMS applies to the in
dividual farmer.
The Seed Trade Association
this year spent much time and
effort in devising a labeling sys
tem for seed corn for 1971 Seed
companies having 80 per cent of
the seed corn in the country
have adopted the following sym
bols for seed corn in 1971
T for seed from the new TMS
varieties which did not have
to be hand detasseled T seed
accounts for 40 per cent of all
the seed available in 1971
N will denote noimal seed,
that which was deuved by the
old hand detassehng proceduies
and which aie toleiant or resis
tant to blight, 22 pei cent of
1971 seed Seed fnms aie lapid-
U shifting back to N com
B or blend seed, involving the
blending of T and N seed, 38
per cent of 1971 seed Only
those varieties of T seed which
showed a high degree of toler
ance to blight in 1970 aie being
blended.
1971 Seed Outlook
Counting T seed, there’s ample
seed available in 1971, Weidman
said.
In response to a question,
Weidman said the thinks the
normal (N) cytoplasm seed will
be fairly evenly divided across
the country, since many seed
varieties are regional in use, in
dicating that some normal seed
will be available to producers
in Pennsylvania. It is true that
normal seed is more important
in the South because the South
is more susceptible to blight
and Weidman would expect a
large proportion of the seed of
varieties which are adaptable
to moie than one region to be
used in the South.
In selecting seed for 1971, Mc-
Gahen emphasized the impor
tance of getting a variety which
performed well in 1970 While
N and B seed give mere pi elec
tion against blight than the T
seed, McGahen stated, “If I had
no choice, I would not be afraid
in the least of a TMS.”
He did caution, however, that
fanners with river bottom land
or land subject to foggy and
humid conditions need to exer
cise extra care in getting a blight
lesistant seed
“If there’s any year you should
buy from a reliable dealei, it’s
this year,” Weidman said.
Not a New Problem
In response to a question,
Peteisen said there aie actually
15 cytoplasmic varieties of coin
and there is also a Race C of
blight building up
But the men also emphasized
that blight is not a new problem
for corn gioweis
McGahen recalled a big scare
about the noithein coin blight
in 1940’5, then a mosaic scare
in 3965-66, followed by the yel
low leaf blight last year.
Northern blight still attacks
coin fields. About one-third of
the blighted corn tested this fall
by Penn State actually had all
three major varieties of blight
—yellow. Southern and north
ern, Petersen said.
But the northern blight has
been selectively bred out of
most varieties and is not a major
problem in terms of damage to
coin.
Asked about sorghum as an
alternative to corn, McGahen
said some faimers are turning
from corn to sorghum with good
results Sorghum produces
quite well in shallow, shale soil
subject to di ought “Sorghum
has potential and I think you’ll
see their use on the increase,”
McGahen said. The Pennsyl
vania agronomy department has
a listing of those sorghums
which have done a good job. ,
But the Penn State men over
all were quite optimistic about
another good corn year in 1971.
They cautioned about using
good practices to minimize
blight damage But they also
emphasized they think corn can
and should remain the leading
crop in Southeastern Pennsyl
vania in 1971.
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