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Zea Mays by Herbert M. Prouty, 1886
Zea Mays by Herbert M. Prouty, 1886, Page 48
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46 to kill the plumule, but if grasshoppers continue to feast upon the succulent stem they kills the plant. Grasshoppers are worse on corn when the pistillete flowers are in bloom (when it is in the "silk"). Then the long, tender, silken styles hang out of the bracts, which enclose the ovaries, to receive the pollen. The voracious insects feast upon the style (silk) and destroy the fertilization. We have known a 40 acre field of corn to be thus destroyed in less than 24 hours. We have also known them to alight on such a field in such numbers as to bend the stalks by their weight, and not only devour the silk but
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46 to kill the plumule, but if grasshoppers continue to feast upon the succulent stem they kills the plant. Grasshoppers are worse on corn when the pistillete flowers are in bloom (when it is in the "silk"). Then the long, tender, silken styles hang out of the bracts, which enclose the ovaries, to receive the pollen. The voracious insects feast upon the style (silk) and destroy the fertilization. We have known a 40 acre field of corn to be thus destroyed in less than 24 hours. We have also known them to alight on such a field in such numbers as to bend the stalks by their weight, and not only devour the silk but
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