May 2010
URL: http://www.kingcorn.org/news/timeless/TwistedWhorls_Pix.html

Twisted Whorl Symptoms in Corn

R.L. (Bob) Nielsen
Agronomy Dept., Purdue Univ.
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2054
Email address: rnielsen at purdue.edu
 

The so-called "twisted whorl" syndrome is a curious oddity that takes the form of tightly wrapped and twisted whorls that appears in young corn at about the V6 leaf stage (six visible leaf collars) of development. For more information about the twisted whorl syndrome, see my accompanying article.

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