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The lowermost stalk internodes begin to elongate shortly before V5, almost like stretching out a telescope beginning with the base sections, and the stalk tissue plus the growing point slowly elevate to above the soil surface. From this point forward, the apical meristem (actually, the tassel after V5) and all of the axillary meristems (source of ear shoots) become increasingly exposed and vulnerable to aboveground damage.