SCRANTON (Lackawanna)
Dr. Randolph Gardner, from the
North Carolina State University
Experiment Station, will be the
principal speaker at the Northeast
Regional Tomato Growers meet
ing on January 5 at Thompson’s
Dairy Bar at Newton in Lacka
wanna County.
A graduate of Cornell Universi
ty, Gardner has been involved in
tomato research at the Mountain
Plant Breeders
Harder, Smoother
Kernels Needed
Even hard-textured corn,
harvested at high moisture and
artificially dried at high tempera
tures, will be filled with enough
stress cracks to cause breakage.
Although there are varying
opinions on what constitutes the
ideal hybrid, both experts say a
harder, smoother kernel would be
ideal.
That’s why McConnell says a
high-yielding hybrid with an
above average test weight - not
extremely hard textured, but hard
enough to take some handling -
may be the answer.
“It also must have good stalk
quality and fast dry down, so the
farmer has the option of allowing
grain to dry in the field,” he says.
Because many quality problems
with high-yielding corn result
from their softer kernels, plant
breeders are looking into whether
there will be a yield trade-off with
harder kemeled com.
“Harder textured com tends to
be lower yielding,” says McCon
nell. “However, that doesn’t mean
the relationship can’t be broken
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Tomato. Expert Is Program Speaker
Horticultural Crops Research Sta
tion in North Carolina for 12
years. His primary responsibility
has been to develop new tomato
varieties of good quality and dis
ease resistance to help growers
stay competitive in eastern mark
ets. Such well known varieties as
“Mountain Pride,” “Mountain
Delight,” “Piedmont” and “Sum
mit” have been developed by
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with genetic engineering
technology.”
Pioneer is establishing a special
corn breeding program near
Champaign-Urbana, Illinois.
Breeders there will address grain
quality issues and also will deve
lop custom hybrids for industrial
and food com markets.
“Our program in Illinois will
monitor die status of grain quality
throughout our entire breeding
program,” says McConnell.
“Pioneer breeders at other loca
tions will be paying particular
attention to the subject.
“We are attempting to improve
grain quality as much as we can
from the genetic side. We under
stand the farmer is still going to
want yield and standability.
“However, it is always going to
be a compromise situation when
we try to pull all of the desirable
traits together in one package.”
McConnell says until research
provides some concrete genetic
improvements in terms of grain
quality, farmers must continue to
reduce breakage as best they can
through careful harvest, drying
and storage of com for shipment.
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Having been raised on a veget- able on request by calling the
able farm. Gardner can relate to Extension office at 717/963-6842.
grower problems in his research Phone reservations will be taken
and in his presentations at up to January 2.
meetings. Other speakers on the program
All commercial tomato grow- include Dr. Cyril Smith and Dr.
ers, both fresh market and pro- Alan Mac Nab from Penn State
cessing, are invited to attend the University; Tom Jurchak, Lacka
meeting which will start at 9:30 wanna County Extension Agent
a.m. on January 5. Directions to and James Garrahan, Pennsylva
the meeting place are also avail- nia Department of Agriculture.
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