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Definition of Detasseling
1. detassel [v] - See also: detassel
Lexicographical Neighbors of Detasseling
Literary usage of Detasseling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1895)
"detasseling CORN. THE removal of the male flowers from a large or small per cent
... At the Kansas Station by detasseling alternate rows of six varieties in ..."
2. The Cereals in America by Thomas Forsyth Hunt (1908)
"seed maize breeding by detasseling alternate rows.1 Webber reports several ...
detasseling.—detasseling alternate rows of maize has been tried as a means of ..."
3. Indian Corn Culture by Charles Plumb (1895)
"a larger crop was secured by detasseling. Later investigations, however ...
In 1888 Shelton of Kansas found a loss of nearly 10 per cent due to detasseling. ..."
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