Michael Rethwisch is now a farm advisor in crop production and entomology at the University of California Cooperative Extension. Please see his previous bio page and CropWatch articles.
Imbibitional Chilling Injury of Corn
May 7, 2013
The extraordinary drought of 2012 is now being followed up by an unusual spring of 2013. Recent rains have helped, but the drought continues and many areas of the state still have severely depleted subsoil moisture levels. In addition, recent temperature swings may have affected crops planted in the last week or two.