TABLE 12 'Baby Boomer' 'Creamer' Potato-Plant Damage Wisconsin-2 Year Average Tuber Size Growth Stage % Damage Vegetative (31 DAP) 33 66 99 Tuber Initiation (37 DAP) 33 66 99 Row Closure 44 (DAP) 33 66 99 Bulking (56 DAP) 33 66 99 Pre-Harvest (63 DAP) 33 66 99 Under-Sized 32 29 29 25 32 29 30 33 32 32 37 31 32 40 41 48 32 38 43 41 Creamers (Ideal) CWT/A 186 176 164 106 186 152 160 114 186 150 149 83 186 132 122 77 186 134 116 106 Over-Sized 48 47 41 18 48 46 44 11 48 20 30 14 48 24 35 8 48 29 24 16 SWEETCORN Defoliation Minnesota and Wisconsin Sweetcorn defoliation research was initiated in Minnesota and Wisconsin in 2020 as a follow-up to stand reduction research completed in 2019. The trial consisted of applying defoliation treatments of 25, 50, 75, and 100 percent at the 10- and 15-leaf, tassel, and blister growth stages. Results from the 2020-2021 research are presented in Tables 13 and 14. These trials should be completed in 2022 following the third year of research. TABLE 13 Sweetcorn-Defoliation Minnesota-2 Year Average 25 50 Growth Stage 10-Leaf 10-Leaf Chart 15-Leaf 15-Leaf Chart Tassel Tassel Chart Blister Blister Chart Loss% -7 3 -4 8 -1 9 -6 7 -3 13 2 27 10 31 -2 22 -5 25 23 57 14 62 9 45 12 44 88 96 78 100 38 74 Defoliation % 75 100 TABLE 14 Sweetcorn-Defoliation Wisconsin-2 Year Average 25 50 Growth Stage 10-Leaf 10-Leaf Chart 15-Leaf 15-Leaf Chart Tassel Tassel Chart Blister Blister Chart 24 THIRDQUARTER2022 Loss% 1 3 4 8 11 9 8 7 1 13 16 27 16 31 3 22 25 17 57 13 62 8 45 9 44 79 96 83 100 32 74 Defoliation % 75 100