# Characterizing corn: Roots, short corn, and strip till

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Podcast: [Talking Crop](https://stenobird.com/podcast/talking-crop-7026507)
Published: 2025-09-03T13:25:11+00:00
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## Resource

In this episode of Talking Crop, Jared Fender and Sam Leskanich, researchers with the Crop Physiology Lab at the University of Illinois, and host, Kathryn Seebruck, discuss corn root characterization including that of short corn, as well as fertilizer placement and timing with strip till. Crop Physiology Lab Talking Crop survey Guest contact: Jared - fender2@illinois.edu | Sam - sjl15@illinois.edu Host contact: seebruck@illinois.edu | (815) 986-4357

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