Let’s wrap things up with our Video of the Week. This one comes to us from Becknology Days in Atlanta, Ind. During a root reveal, Beck’s agronomists revealed some key insights about the impact of higher plant populations on roots.
“For every 1,000 plants we increased plant populations, individual root size decreases 2.5%. What have we been doing to plant populations for the last 20 years? About 400 plants per year. If that’s true, if you do the math, 1% per year individual plant root sizes has been decreasing the last 20 years. That’s 20% smaller roots. How might that impact fertility placement or population management? For every 1,000 plants we increased population, individual root size decreased 2.5%. That may help us make other decisions as well.”
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