Brownfield, MO
10-05-06
91 year-old plots of continuous corn to be commemorated
by Jerry Passer
A tour and commemoration ceremony of Iowa State University’s (ISU) long term
continuous corn research plots will be held October 12.
The plots have been planted to corn since 1915. They were originally part of an
extensive crop rotation/soil fertility study established when the agronomic plot
work was moved from central campus in 1915 to south of Ames on State
Avenue. The land is now part of the ISU Animal Science Teaching Farm
Complex.
The long-term continuous plots have been maintained although the experimental
treatments have been modified. They are being named after W.H. Stevenson
and E.P. Brown, former ISU soil scientists who were instrumental in establishing
the plots. Both were faculty members who served as department heads.
The tour will be from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m.