Bizarre thing happened, one kind of corn the fertilized silk fell off and the ear has no top so I see the corn developing, will it still grow or does the silk provide nutrition?

Here's a photo, nothing was bitten off it grew this way.

Hi Keith -- I'm not sure about this, but since no one else has jumped in to help I just wanted to say that to me it does look like damage from a corn ear worm or something. But otherwise yes, I think the corn will continue to develop -- the silk is just a conduit for the pollen as far as I know.