Drought Tolerance and Drought Timing in Corn

Drought is one of the most important yield-limiting factors for corn. In the U.S. Corn Belt, moderate drought regularly occurs during the mid- to late reproductive stages of corn, and sometimes during pollination or the vegetative stages of corn. Increased availability of drought-tolerant hybrids provides growers with a relatively new opportunity to mitigate drought stress in corn. This session will help participants better understand how drought-tolerant and standard corn hybrids respond to different timings of drought under contrasting agronomic scenarios, enabling improved agronomic decisions when dry growing conditions are anticipated.