Project Number: 5402-13000-007-01
Project Type: Trust

Start Date: Apr 01, 2010
End Date: Apr 01, 2013

Objective:
To determine the response of corn to endogenous ethylene produced during specific growth stages during water stress.

Approach:
Procedure 1. Plot size: 6 rows by 10 m, with two row buffers between plots a. Replicated 8 times 2. Corn Variety: Dekalb 5259 triple stack 3. Irrigation Levels b. 100% ET until the V6-V7 growth stage 1). Withhold water until leaves begin to curl in the middle of the day. 2) Apply 25 g/ha of 1-MCP 3) Remain under water stress for 7-10 d after application 4) 100% ET for the rest of the season. 4. 1-MCP application rate: 25 g a.i./ha applied in 200 l/ha with appropriate surfactant as designated by cooperator. 6. Measurements a. Plant height (internode length) (early application timing only) b. Leaf elongation (hand measures of leaf length and width and/or NDVI) c. Transpiration (Porometry) d. Gas exchange (CO2 and H2O) every day after application and 3 weeks after drought is relieved. e. Rate of senescence (SPAD of leaf above ear leaf and leaf below ear leaf– regular intervals; or canopy level multispectral analysis) f. Yield of middle 2 rows of each plot g. Yield components (kernel #/ear; 1000 kernel wt. test weight, etc.).