Drought Information for Missouri's Crops & Plants

The following information is a collection of articles written during the past several years about the effects of drought on plants. Observe the dates posted with the articles to determine when the article was written.

General
	Drought Monitor
	Current Missouri Weather and Crop Reports
Corn
	Pictures of drought symptoms: leaves; shortened stalk; poorly fertilized ear; poorly fertilized ear; poorly fertilized ear; shortened ear length; stalk lodging (University of Missouri)
	"None like it hot" (University of Missouri)
	"Assessing corn pollination success" (Purdue University)
	"Weakened stalks require early harvest" 2005 press release (University of Missouri)
	"Estimating corn yields before harvest" University of Missouri
	"Drought and heat stress effects on corn yield potential" (Ohio State)
	"Weather stress in the corn crop" (National Corn Handbook)
	"Yield loss potential during during grain fill" (Purdue)
Soybean
	Pictures of drought symptoms: unequal emergence; leaf orientation; leaf orientation; extremely shortened stems; dying plants; seed from killed plant (University of Missouri)
	"Soybean plants are dying for water" (University of Missouri)
	"Seed size for some soybean varieties may be smaller than normal in 2004" (University of Missouri)
	"None like it hot" (University of Missouri)
	"Soybean plants killed before maturity possess grain the remains green" (University of Missouri"
	"Estimating soybean yields before harvest" (University of Missouri)
Forages
	"N applied to pastures increases winter forage stockpile" 2005 press release (University of Missouri)
	"Using drought-stressed corn for forage" 2005 press release (University of Missouri
	"Making silage from drought stressed corn" (University of Missouri)
	"Soybean for hay or silage" (University of Missouri)
	"Making silage out of drought-damaged corn" (University of Missouri)
	Hay Net (USDA)
	"Prussic acid and nitrates poisoning concerns" (Ohio State)
Fertility
	"Potassium deficiency in drought-stressed crops" (University of Missouri)
Herbicides
	"Postemergence herbicide efficacy under dry conditions" (University of Missouri)
	"Herbicide carryover to wheat" (University of Missouri)
Lawns
	"To water or not to water lawns" (university of Missouri)
	"Irrigating Home Lawns" (University of Missouri)
Trees & shrubs
	"Prognosis for drought damaged trees and shrubs" (University of Missouri)
	"Keep watering those woodies" (University of Missouri)
Gardens
	"Drought resistant plants" (University of Missouri)
Diseases
	"Aflatoxin in corn" (University of Missouri)
	"Effects of drought on field crop diseases" (University of Missouri)
	"Aflatoxins" (Maryland)