Articles - Corn

Corn

Impacts of volunteer corn on soybeans and strategies for management

By Guilherme Braga Pereira Braz (University of Rio Verde); Sergio de Oliveira Procópio (Embrapa Environment); Dieimisson Paulo Almeida (Comigo Cooperative)

27.09.2024 | 15:37 (UTC -3)

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Corn leafhopper: challenges in managing corn stunt

By Crébio José Ávila (Embrapa Western Agriculture); Charles Martins de Oliveira (Embrapa Cerrados); Suélen Cristina da Silva Moreira (Chapadão Foundation); Rodolfo Bianco (Paraná Institute for Rural Development); and Marco Antonio Tamai (Bahia State University)

24.09.2024 | 16:00 (UTC -3)

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What are the triggers that could change the corn market in the 2024/25 harvest?

By Enilson Nogueira, Celeres Consulting

20.09.2024 | 09:14 (UTC -3)

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Importance of choosing the hybrid for the silage result

By Egon Henrique Horst, LongPing High-Tech

26.08.2024 | 09:52 (UTC -3)

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Control of Diabrotica speciosa

By Karen Helena de Andrade Rodrigues, pest management specialist

23.08.2024 | 16:06 (UTC -3)

Dalbulus maidis

Control of tiguera corn is essential for the management and productivity of soybeans and corn

By Josemar Foresti, agricultural engineer, Corteva Agriscience

12.01.2024 | 14:41 (UTC -3)

Elaphria agrotina

Can Elaphria spp become a new pest in corn?

By Jéssica Gorri, Fundação Rio Verde. Article published in issue 291 of Cultivar Grandes Culturas Magazine

04.09.2023 | 11:09 (UTC -3)

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Initial care in corn cultivation

By Crébio José Ávila, Embrapa Agropecuária Oeste; Charles Martins de Oliveira, Embrapa Cerrados; Ivana Fernandes da Silva, Federal University of Grande Dourados

13.07.2023 | 16:05 (UTC -3)

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Aflatoxins in corn: importance and management

By Elaine Aparecida Guimarães, Dagma Dionísia da Silva Araújo, Luciano Viana Cota, Rodrigo Véras da Costa and Fabrício Eustáquio Lanza

22.05.2023 | 15:32 (UTC -3)

Aspergillus

Seed health, transmission and pathogenicity of fungi associated with corn genotypes

By Pedro Raymundo Argüelles Osorio, Dalmarcia de Souza Carlos Mourão, Patrícia Resplandes Rocha dos Santos, Rosângela Ribeiro de Sousa, and Gil Rodrigues dos Santos

30.04.2023 | 20:08 (UTC -3)

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Diplodia rot: the invisible danger

By Joana Souza Fernandes and Renato Mendes Guimarães, DAG/UFLA

15.04.2023 | 13:22 (UTC -3)

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Nitrogen use in corn

Importance of establishing strategies that increase the agronomic efficiency of nitrogen use and minimize losses

30.01.2023 | 15:37 (UTC -3)

Off-season corn: choice of seed or technology?

By Gessí Ceccon, agronomist at Embrapa Agropecuária Oeste

28.12.2022 | 14:07 (UTC -3)

Ethanol

The new design of corn production in Brazil, following the arrival of plants that process the grain

By Fabrício Vieira, commercial director of Ethanol and Energy at FS

10.11.2022 | 15:49 (UTC -3)

Genotypes

Performance of corn genotypes

Given the great diversity of corn genotypes on the agronomic market, a careful choice is necessary, which favors positive interaction with the specific growing environment.

09.09.2022 | 14:31 (UTC -3)

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Fertilization in off-season corn

By Aildson Pereira Duarte, Heitor Cantarella, IAC; Claudinei Kappes, MT Foundation

19.07.2022 | 15:33 (UTC -3)

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Corn Culture: What is the best fertilizer for planting in Cerrado soils?

Find out how to choose the best fertilizer for this crop

28.06.2022 | 15:36 (UTC -3)

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Biological seed treatment

Learn the importance of knowing the role of biological tools for seed treatment against initial diseases in soybean and corn

17.06.2022 | 14:18 (UTC -3)

Sunflower

Nitrogen in corn and sunflower

Essential for the growth and development of corn and sunflower plants, Nitrogen is extremely important for both crops. Therefore, it is important to determine the fertilizer doses of this element in a balanced manner, which at the same time favor productivity aspects and are also economically viable.

27.05.2022 | 15:00 (UTC -3)

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Corn ethanol is an example of an integrated food and energy production system

By Daniel Costa Lopes, Executive Vice President of Sustainability and New Business at FS

20.05.2022 | 14:05 (UTC -3)

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Adoption of management of the green-bellied stink bug in corn crops

Understanding the critical period of attack by the green-bellied stink bug in corn crops, based on the stages of plant and pest development, is essential for adopting management at the correct time, in order to prevent losses and ensure greater grain yield.

11.05.2022 | 15:28 (UTC -3)

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Measures to control white spot in corn

Use of resistant cultivars, early sowing, care with plant nutrition and the appropriate use of fungicides are among the measures to combat this difficult-to-control disease.

22.04.2022 | 15:01 (UTC -3)

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Efficient strategies for managing corn leafhopper

Application of insecticides, associated with other management strategies, has shown good results against the insect

07.04.2022 | 15:26 (UTC -3)

Insecticides

How to effectively control the corn leafhopper

The presence of tiguera plants, which provide shelter and food for the insect during the off-season and soybean cultivation period, are among the factors that help explain the higher incidence. Seed treatment with neonicotinoid insecticides, associated with other integrated and preventive strategies, has shown good results in managing this pest.

23.03.2022 | 14:51 (UTC -3)