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	Detasseling - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Detasseling is the act of removing the pollen-producing tassel from a corn (maize) plant.
		Mechanized detasselers exist, the largest producer of which is Hagie Manufacturing Co. of Clarion, Iowa; however, detasseling by hand is still necessary due to the variation in height of corn plants.
		Detasseling work is typically performed by children in their early teens; as such, it serves as a typical rite of passage (for many, it is their first job) in rural areas of the Corn Belt.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Detasseling (220 words)

	CORN DETASSELING HEAD - United States Patent 3,769,782
		Corn detasseling apparatus for mounting on a vehicle frame to be moved thereby to a field of corn and detassel the same.
		A corn detasseling head according to claim 1 wherein said cylindrical elements are defined by inflatable tires and said protuberances are at the junction of the tire side walls and the fire tread.
		A corn detasseling head according to claim 5 wherein said cylindrical elements are defined by inflatable tires and said protuberances are at the junction of the tire side walls and the tire tread.
	xrint.com /patents/us/3769782 (2036 words)

	Guide and deflecting device (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		A device is provided for use in detasseling corn comprising tassel guides acting in conjunction with a hood to guide the tassles of the corn plant into the detasseling mechanism and deflectors to deflect the leaves of the corn plant away from the detasseling mechanism.
		A guide and deflecting device is provided for use with a detasseling mechanism, such as a corn detasseler which nips the tassels of corn plants therefrom, comprising a guide member directing the corn tassel into the nipping mechanism and a deflection member deflecting the leaves of the corn plant away from the detasseling mechanism.
		Both the guide and deflector device 1 and the detasseling mechanism 2 are propelled through a field of row crops that are planted in equally spaced rows by a locomotion means such as a tractor 7, which traverses or travels on a line of motion that is parallel to the rows of plants.
	www.emergenthomestore.com /techcat/guide_deflecting.html (2549 words)

	Looking for Summer Job - Sunshine Enterprises. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Detasseling is the process of removing the flower or tassel from the top portion of the corn plant in order to cease self-pollination.
		These detasseled varieties are interplanted within rows of other varieties of corn that are not detasseled in order to produce cross pollination between the two separate varieties.
		The objective of detasseling is to remove all (99.5%) of the tassels in your rows.
	www.corn-jobs.com (295 words)

	Detasseling, a Midwest Rite Of Passage, Faces Extinction ELLEN BYRON / Wall Street Journal 9aug02
		Despite technological advances in agriculture, detasseling is still a task that for the most part is done by hand.
		Though detasseling machines are in wide use, the height variation of corn plants ensures that no machine can completely detassel a field without the help of a human hand.
		Sandra Pomerenke, who detasseled for two summers while in college, now proudly sees her 12-year-old son, Micah, off to the fields each morning, "We really want our children to learn what the value of money is," she says.
	www.mindfully.org /Farm/Detasseling-Faces-Extinction9aug02.htm (1401 words)

	Flak Magazine: Detasseling, 08.29.03
		It was called detasseling, and if you were a middle-class teenager, living in northern, rural Illinois, it was a rite of passage — a character builder — and you hated it with every fiber of your being.
		Detasselers received special agricultural exemptions, unless you failed to meet a specific height, which I believe meant you had to sign a waiver.It seemed that whatever the short kids didn't have in height, they made up for with their enthusiasm.
		A detasseler's job is to yank that part off of the corn plant while the tassel is still encased in the long, slender, green leaves.
	www.flakmag.com /misc/detasseling.html (1398 words)

	WR Detasseling - Company History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Detasseling seed corn is the process of removing the tassel or (top part of the plant), so the plant cannot pollinate or reproduce itself.
		WR Detasseling management works very hard the entire year to prepare for the summer work and to provide the many jobs that we do.
		The average detasseler is 15 years of age and is able to earn up to $1500 if he/she is a very good worker.
	www.wrdetasseling.com /history.html (360 words)

	Varsity Detasseling - What is detasseling? A great summer job for teenagers. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The short version: Detasseling is the process of removing the top part of a corn plant, the tassel, so that the plant cannot pollinate itself.
		The result is a superior breed of corn that has genetic characteristics of both the pollinating and detasseled corn plants.
		Detasseling is one of the crucial last steps in bringing a hybrid seed to market.
	varsitydetasseling.com /what.shtml (469 words)

	A late summer tradition: detasseling (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The process of detasseling involves removing the tassels of the corn from the female stalks.
		Detasseling begins in the “tasseling stage,” when the tassels start to appear in the corn.
		The worst part of detasseling, according to Bryant Beckermann, 14, is “the heat and the long days.” Beckermann has detasseled for three summers.
	www.herald-journal.com /farmhorizons/2005/detassel.html (509 words)

	The Voice
		Detasseling is the process of pulling tassels off the tops of cornstalks in seed fields (corn that is grown to be used for seed) so that two genetically different strains of corn can cross-pollinate.
		Detasselers can’t slack off — they are graded on their work at the end of the day.
		Once a detasseler turns 16, he can apply to become a supervisor, or “crew boss.” The crew boss drives the tractor, decides on breaks and grades the detasselers on their work.
	www.sj-r.com /voice/story.asp?SID=2365 (963 words)

	News - Releases
		Detasselers also work seven days a week during the two- to three-week season in order to complete the process of removing corn tassels at a crucial time in the plant's growth -- prior to pollination.
		The process of detasseling is laborious, but necessary for the production of Pioneer corn seed, which will be sold to more farmers than any other brand.
		Pioneer detasseling crews are supervised by a crew leader trained by Pioneer on safety in the fields.
	www.seedquest.com /News/releases/2002/july/4631.htm (688 words)

	That busload of grubby, sweaty teens is probably corn detasselers
		You may have seen them getting on buses in the early morning and off in the late afternoon, dressed in hats and scarves to protect them from the sun, plastic bags to keep off the dew, and denim pants, long sleeves and work gloves to protect their skin from razor-like corn leaves.
		He hires detasselers because the only way for a detasseled plant to be pollinated is by another corn plant that has a tassel.
		Detassel too early and there is a risk of decreasing the yield of seed corn.
	news.uns.purdue.edu /html4ever/1999/990723.Nielsen.detassel.html (736 words)

	Maternal Inheritance and Maternal Effects
		The original approach to develop hybrid corn seed required the manual detasseling of the female parent to prevent self-pollination.
		Because it was realized that manual detasseling of corn plants would not be required if male sterile system could be developed, attempts were made to apply the two types of male sterility systems, genic and cyotplasmic male sterility.
		These seed stocks had to be manually detasseled, and its hybrid performance was not as good as the previous material, but it did provide a source of seed that was resistant to the disease and saved the United States from losing the entire hybrid corn harvest that year.
	www.ndsu.nodak.edu /instruct/mcclean/plsc431/maternal/maternal4.htm (744 words)

	Where 'field work' means stalking the corn \| csmonitor.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Detasseling prevents them from self-pollenating, and allows them instead to be pollenated by a select number of stalks with their tassels left intact, designated as "male."
		Detasseling began in the 1940s when geneticists discovered that growing corn hybrids - in which corn variety A is pollenated by variety B - produced healthier crops with larger yields.
		Detasselers' shoes are encased in a weave of grass and dirt after their first pass through the fields.
	www.csmonitor.com /2001/0813/p20s1-wmwo.html (1228 words)

	WCFCourier.com \| The Waterloo Cedar-Falls Courier Online!
		Local detasseling contractors are realizing it's no longer enough just to offer a decent wage to find quality help.
		Detasseling contractors say it's apparently working since they can still find enough workers to get the job done.
		Detasseling --- removing tassels to prevent corn from pollinating itself so seed companies can create new hybrids --- is dirty, hot, sweaty work.
	www.wcfcourier.com /articles/2005/07/25/news/metro/da9d7845f838523386257049004cd133.txt (882 words)

	MISSOURI VALLEY TIMES - NEWS - Fast food's arrival offered teens summer job alternatives
		Detasseling took a hit in Harrison County during the 1990s, but since there were still hybrid seed corn producers in the area, detasseling didn't die out, according to Gary Jurgens, treasurer of the now-defunct United Detasseling, out of Omaha.
		Detasseling started in the early 20th Century and immediately became a popular summer job for teenagers in the heartland of America.
		When young adults detasseled, they trudged or rode carriers through the fields, ripping out tassels as the tall plants tore their muddy clothes and sweating voluminously as the summer sun rose high overhead.
	www.zwire.com /site/news.cfm?BRD=326&dept_id=467429&newsid=17186123&PAG=461&rfi=9 (1776 words)

	Fleetmack.com - The Detasseling King - Phil Kohorst (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		You're in the middle of a thistle field, you're hungover, your arms hurt, there's corn in your face, and the row you're walking in is unlevel as the planter's wheel rode where you walk, so it's rounded and you trip about every 5th step.
		The real reason I loved detasseling is because of the conversations you have with the people around you.
		After detasseling, it was shower time then time to hit the town.
	www.fleetmack.com /stories/2005/phil_kohorst.htm (1182 words)

	Notes From the Hinterlands: Corn Detasseling \| code0range.net
		The advertisement is obviously geared towards teens and these detasselers can be as young as 13 years of age.
		Detasseling is a necessary process in the production of hybrid corn.
		It was also mentioned that many fields are detasseled by machine but the kids hired for detasseling go in the fields and cut out the tassels that the machines miss.
	code0range.net /node/358 (2676 words)

	Varsity Detasseling - Get a summer job in Nebraska, detassel corn with Varsity
		Most crews will be filled with experienced detasselers, but we will hire first-year people, especially if they come recommended by an experienced detasseler or by a Varsity supervisor.
		The detasseling season may not be long, but we make the best use of the time.
		All Varsity detasselers (parents also) are welcome to make use of the Varsity crew member area (authorization required) to get the latest in-season information.
	varsitydetasseling.com (351 words)

	What is Detasseling
		The bottom left picture shows a corn plant with the tassel fully opened or out, and the middle picture is one with the tassel stilled rolled up in the top leaves of the corn plant.
		This middle picture is normally what the plant looks like when we actually detassel, or remove the tassel from the plant.
		cross pollinate with the rows that we have detasseled, the female rows.
	www.hollowaysdetasseling.com /what.htm (604 words)

	Rader Detasseling (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Detasseling is the removing of the top or the tassel of the corn plant.
		The pollen from the tassel falls onto the silk, and the corn plant is pollinated.
		These detasseled varieties are interplanted within rows of another variety that is not detasseled in order to produce cross-pollination.
	www.raderdetasseling.com (263 words)

	Guide and deflecting device - Patent 4319445
		(b) the hood is positioned such that the apex is traversely aligned relative to the motion of the tractor with the nip in the detasseling mechanism; and
		(c) the hood angles downwardly from front to back whereby the tops of said plants are urged towards the apex of the hood and toward alignment with the nip in the detasseling mechanism and said deflector guides are attached to a rear portion of said hood and extend rearwardly therefrom.
		(a) a detasseling mechanism having a nip therein; said detasseling mechanism being adapted for attachment to locomotion means for traversing rows of plants having upper tassels and leaves in a line of motion; said nip being adapted for engaging the tassels and removing same from the plants;
	www.freepatentsonline.com /4319445.html (4282 words)

	Boe Seed Farms, Inc. - FAQ
		Detasseling involves YOU gripping the tassel on a stalk of corn and pulling upward.
		Detassel accurately - We need to have 100% of the tassels pulled before we can call a field finished.
		Detassel cleanly - Pull the WHOLE tassel out, and don't pull too many leaves off.
	boeseed.com /faq.htm (1366 words)

	401 GRAIN FARMING OCCUPATIONS
		Supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in detasseling corn on hybrid seed-corn farm: Examines ears of corn in field to determine time of emergence of silk and its retention of accompanying pollen from tassels, and schedules workload.
		Designates rows of corn to be detasseled so that ears of corn will be pollinated by tassels of adjacent rows of corn.
		may be identified with task being performed, such as hoeing, detasseling, and picking; or with crop being worked, such as hybrid seed-corn, field beans and peas, and wheat.
	www.cnr.berkeley.edu /ucce50/ag-labor/7manual/7dao401.htm (743 words)

	Detasseling - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Detasseling is done to breed, or hybridize, two different varieties of corn; the varieties are carefully selected so that the variety bred will exhibit hybrid vigor.
		This page was last modified 16:36, 7 April 2006.
		This encyclopedia, history, geography and biography article about Detasseling contains research on
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Detasseling (170 words)

	Optimizing Pollen Confinement in Maize Grown for Regulated Products -- Stevens et al. 44 (6): 2146 -- Crop Science
		Detasseling could be used as a confinement method in either
		A 3-by-3 latin square design was used in white hybrid trap blocks with individual plots having planting dates relative to the planting date of the yellow maize pollen source block to assure pollen synchronization and equal pollen competition for each planting date.
		Effect of detasseling treatments (intentionally left tassels on females) on gene flow in 2001 and 2002 from the planting date with the best nick at Wardell, MO.
	crop.scijournals.org /cgi/content/full/44/6/2146 (3836 words)

	D and W Agricultural Workers
		The tassel is the top most part of a corn plant.
		As detasselers, we walk down a row of corn and pull the top part of the plant off and drop it to the ground.
		As you might know, farmers do not save part of their crop each fall to plant in the spring.
	members.aol.com /imspeedyspeer/dandw/detasseling.html (316 words)

	Detasseling Crew Supervisor: A description for the detasseling crew supervisor job
		Detasseling Crew Supervisor: A description for the detasseling crew supervisor job
		Detasseling Crew Supervisor: Supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in breaking and pulling tassels from corn plants: Directs crewmembers in methods of pulling tassels and stems from corn plants.
		Designates rows of corn to be detasseled so that ears of corn will be pollenized by tassels of adjacent rows of corn.
	www.job-descriptions.org /detasseling-crew-supervisor.html (129 words)

	Money to Spend \| Detasseling for Pioneer Hi-Bred International (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		If you are planning to work this summer, you must have places to go, people to see, and things to buy.
		Get a group of your friends together to detassel, and you can work as a team.
		Detasseling is an outdoor adventure, and it's the summer job that pays off!
	www.pioneer.com /employment/openings/summer_jobs/detasselers/money.htm (91 words)

	Sci. agric. (Piracicaba, Braz.) vol.56 no.1; Resumen: S0103-90161999000100012 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		In order to study the effects of various detasseling practices on seed development and seed production of maize plants, a trial was carried during three growing seasons.
		This work included five types of detasseling (manual, male-sterile, whorl pull-off, mechanical and control) and three genotypes in their fertile and sterile versions (lines A,B and the hybrid CMS 355).
		The results showed that, for field hybrid corn seed production, the use of manual detasseling or sterile-male are the recommended practices.
	www.scielo.br /scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0103-90161999000100012&lng=es&nrm=iso&tlng=en (172 words)

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