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Sweet Corn
General Production Information
Midwest Vegetable Production Guide (ID-56) - Sweet Corn Section (pdf)
Sweet Corn (The Ohio State University) (pdf)
Vegetable Production Guide for Commercial Growers (ID-36) (University of Kentucky) (pdf)
Sweet Corn 101 (The Ohio State University) (Web site with on-line slide shows) Topics: variety selection, irrigation, early production, insect and weed management.
Insect Pests and their Management
Corn Earworm (E-31-W) (pdf)
Flea Beetles (E-74-W) (pdf)
Managing Insects in Commercially Grown Sweet Corn (E-98) (html)
Vegetable Insect Identification (E-65-W) (html)
Common Vegetable Insects (E-88) (html)
Sweet Corn Insect ID Web Site at Purdue Entomology
Diseases and their Management
Vegetable MD Online - Sweet Corn Fact Sheets (Web site, Cornell University)
Sweet Corn Disease Nursery (University of Illinois) (Web site)
Nutritional Disorders and their Management
Key to Nutrient Deficiency Symptoms ~ Corn (University of Georgia) (Web site)
Postharvest Handling
Produce Facts - Sweet Corn (UC Davis) (html)
Illustrated Guides to Grading Vegetables - Sweet Corn
Economics and Marketing
USDA Grade Standards - Fresh Market or Processing (pdf)

USDA-Economic Research Service: Vegetable and Melon Briefing Room (Web site)

Articles from USDA-ERS

How Sweet It Is: Fresh Sweet Corn: Agricultural Outlook/August 2001 (pdf)

Cost of Fresh Market Sweet Corn Production in Monroe County, Michigan (Staff Paper 2002-40) (Michigan State University) (pdf)

2002 MSU Sweet Corn Budget for above paper (Michigan State University) (xls)

2003 Kentucky Commercial Vegetable Production Budget Updates (University of Kentucky) (pdf)
Research Reports

Sweet Corn Disease Nursery (University of Illinois) (Web site)

Includes evaluations of sweet corn varieties for resistance to diseases. See "Disease Nursery Summary" and "Annual Disease Nursery Reports". 2002 Report also includes effects on corn of postemergence herbicides Callisto, Aim and Permit.

Sweet Corn Cultivar Evaluation for Northern Indiana, 2001 (PDF)
Sweet Corn Variety Trial Results, 2001 (PDF) (handout for 2002 Illiana Vegetable Growers' School with comments for each variety)

Sweet Corn Cultivar Evaluation for Northern Indiana, 2000 (html)

Sweet Corn Cultivar Pictures, 2000 (html)

Research Reports from The Ohio State University (Web site) Variety trials
See also Midwestern Vegetable Variety Trial Report for 2001
Other Sweet Corn Links
Sweet Corn Links from HORT 410, Vegetable Crops Course at Purdue
Search for "sweet corn" on Purdue Web pages

Corn Growers' Guidebook (Kingcorn.org)

Search for articles in the Corn Growers' Guidebook



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