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Explain how you will have "four parents". It is only possible to have two parents no matter how many potential parents are around.

I'm not suggesting that. You are suggesting they would have two male contributors to every kernel if they didn't remove tassels. There can only be one male contributor to each kernel. The detasseling is just choosing which that is allowed to be. This can happen naturally. The odds are that...

They might both be potentially contributing but only one can be successful. There can only be one male contributor to each individual kernel. So you are just removing the competition. Each kernel on an ear could have a different male contributor but you aren't removing a parent from the...

Each kernel only has two parents. This is true whether left to nature or detasseled. The premise that there were ever 4 is flat wrong. Detasseling is just selecting which you want to "sire" the kernel if you will. Just like only putting one bull in the breeding pasture.