Barren Stalk (IMAGE)

University of Missouri-Columbia

Barren Stalk

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A normal corn plant (left) and a barren stalk2 (ba2) plant (right). Plants with a mutation in the ba2 gene cannot grow ears, hence the name barren stalk.

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University of Missouri

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