Funk Research workers are constantly im- 
proving disease resistance by selecting 
highly-resistant lines for breeding. Thou- 
sands of stalks are inoculated with disease 
organisms, to determine their reaction. 
At cribbing time, you'll see the big pay-off of disease resistance 
when you bring in good quality corn, free from ear rots, smut and 
mold. Down corn and dropped ears are common where disease re- 
sistance is lacking. Kar and stalk rots, smut, blights and wilts often 
attack corn that has been damaged by weather or insects. Funk’s 
G-Hybrids have bred-in ability to resist those diseases which may 
seriously injure plants lacking that important 5-Star quality. 
Several weeks after inoculation, this 
highly-resistant plant showed no ill 
effects. The damaged area had been 
quickly ‘‘corked off’’ and healed before 
stalk rots could establish themselves. 
Vaccination protects animals from 
disease. Bred-in resistance pro- 
tects 5-Star Funk’s G-Hybrids. 
This stalk was also inoculated with the 
same stalk rot disease organisms, but it 
lacked the ability to seal off the dam- 
aged area and stop the spread of dis- 
ease. Stalk breakage resulted. 
