Corn Video

Different types of corn at called “Races.”

Biomass is biological material derived from living, or recently living organisms. It most often refers to plants or plant-based materials which are specifically called lignocellulosic biomass.

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2. YieldThe amount of a crop produced per acre.

3. Carbon

A chemical element that is part of all living organisms.

4. Dent Corn

Dent corn is often used as livestock feed, in industrial products, or to make processed foods. Dent corn is also frequently referred to as "field" corn.

Zea mays indenata

5. Endosperm

Endosperm is the tissue produced inside the seeds of most flowering plants. Contains lots of carbohydrates.

6. Pericarp

Outer layer of the corn seed. Alsop called Bran.

7. GermThe germ of a cereal is the reproductive part that germinates to grow into a plant; it is the embryo of the seed.

8. Starch

Starch or amylum is a carbohydrate consisting of a large number of glucose units. Things like corn and potatoes have a lot of starch.

9. Glucose

A simple sugar (carbohydrate) made by plant leaves.

10. Domestication The process of hereditary reorganization of wild animals and plants into domestic and cultivated forms according to the interests of people.

11. HybridA hybrid is an offspring of two animals or plants of different breeds, varieties, species, or genera.

12. BUSHEL

1 US bushel =35.239072 liters

Different weight for each crop

Commodity Weight per bushel

Commodity Weight per bushel

Apples 48 lbs. Mustard Greens 18 lbs.Lima Beans (unshelled) 30 lbs. Onions 57 lbs.

Pole Beans 28 lbs. Peaches 50 lbs.Snap Beans 30 lbs. Field Peas 25 lbs.

Shelled Corn 56 lbs. Sweet Potatoes (green) 55 lbs.

Corn (in ear) 70 lbs. Sweet Potatoes (dry) 50 lbs.Cowpeas 60 lbs. Spinach 20 lbs.Cucumbers 48 lbs. Tomatoes 53 lbs.

Eggplant 33 lbs. Turnips (without tops) 54 lbs.

English Peas (in hull) 30 lbs. Turnip Greens (dry) 16 lbs.Muscadines 50 lbs. Turnip Greens (wet) 18 lbs.Okra 26 lbs.

 

Commodity Weight per bushel (lb)Alfalfa 60Barley 48Clover, Alsike 60Clover, Crimson 60Clover, Ladino 60Clover, White 60Clover, Red 60Clover Sweet 60Corn, shelled 56Corn, ear 70Cotton 32Cowpeas 60Flax 60Grass, Brome (smooth) 14Grass, Blue 14Grass, Fescue (tall) 14Grass, Orchard 14Grass, Redtop 14Grass, Timothy 45Lespedeza 40-50Millet 50Oats 32Rapeseed 60Rye 56Sorghum, forage 50Sorghum, grain 56Soybeans 60Sudan grass 28Sunflower (oil type) 24-32Trefoil, Birdsfoot 60Vetch 60Wheat 60

13. Crossbreed The breeding of two purebred parents of the same breed.

14. NitrogenNitrogen is a chemical element with symbol N and atomic number 7. Nitrogen is used by organisms to make protein. Corn uses a lot of nitrogen to grow.

Nitrogen Fertilizer

15. Amino AcidAmino acids are organic compounds that combine to form proteins.

16. Xanthomonas Bacteria

Xanthomonas is a rod-shaped bacteria known for being a common plant pathogen.

17. Xanthan GumXanthan gum is a polysaccharide secreted by the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris,used as a food additive and commonly used as a food thickening agent (in salad dressings, for example) and a stabilizer (in cosmetic products, for example, to prevent ingredients from separating).

18. What does corn have to do with oil drilling?

Xanthan gum from corn is used to make a lubricant for oil drilling equipment.

19. Carbohydrates

A carbohydrate is a large biological molecule, or macromolecule, consisting of carbon (C), hydrogen (H), and oxygen (O) atoms.

20. CombineA combine, is a machine that harvests grain crops.

21. Hectare1 Hectare = 2.47105 acres

1 Acre = 43,560 square feet

22. What products contain corn?

http://www.kycorn.org/documents/cornuses.pdf

23. BioplasticsBioplastics are plastics derived from renewable biomass sources, such as vegetable fats and oils, corn starch, pea starch.

24. Corn PolymerBiodegradable plastic made from corn starch.

25. Pathogen

Any organism that can invade another and cause disease.

Corn Smut, caused by a fungus.

26. PestA pest is any organism that harms or destroys something of value. The corn earworm destroys corn for example.

27. Virulent

Extremely dangerous and deadly and usually spreading very quickly. Like a disease for example.

28. Seed BankA place that stores seeds.

29. Why should we store different varieties of corn seed?

Different varieties have different traits we may need in the future.

30. No. 1 Yellow Corn

Highest quality of corn by USDA standards.

31. YeastYeast, a microscopic, one-celled organism belonging to the group of organisms called fungi.

32. What makes popcorn pop?

Has a harder pericarp than regular corn. When heated, the moisture inside the kernel causes it to explode.

33. Sweet CornCorn eaten by humans. Sweeter and easier to digest that other types of corn.Corn eaten by humans. Sweeter and easier to digest that other types of corn.

34. DNA

Deoxyribonucleic Acid

A molecule that encodes the genetic instructions used in the development and functioning of all known living organisms .

35. List a career that deals with corn.