Pollen must land on all of the silk strands for the ear to fill out completely with kernels.
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True

Explanation:

Each silk connects to an individual ovule (potential kernel). A given silk must be pollinated in order for the ovule to be fertilized and develop into a kernel. Up to 1000 ovules typically form per ear, even though we typically harvest only 400 to 600 actual kernels per ear.

Technically, pollination is almost always successful (i.e., the pollen reaches the silks), but unsuccessful fertilization (i.e., pollen tube failure, silk failure, pollen death) will fail to result in a kernel.

https://www.agry.purdue.edu/ext/corn/news/timeless/Silks.html

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