A36—Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, August 2,1980 Corn breeding work featured at field day GEORGETOWN, Del. - To the non-fanner dnvmg through rural Delaware this tune of year, com is com. But to a plant breeder like James Hawk of the University of Delaware Agricultural Experiment Station, every strain has its unique characteristics that make it more or less suitable for local weather, soil, disease and insect con ditions. No one com variety will ever be best for all the farmers in Delaware, he says, or even for all the farmers in any one county. That’s because different farmers use various agricultural practices Hawk’s plant breeding research at the University of Delaware Substation near Georgetown is designed to produce varieties that yield well under each situation. For instance, farmers who use no-bllage need com hybrids that can germinate under cooler conditions, since the ground doesn’t warm up as fast in the spring if it’s shaded by a cover crop. 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