SD: Today, these plant sugars are derived
from field corn that is already grown for many industrial and functional end - uses.
and squirrels are running everywhere with ears of
field corn in their mouths, dropping them all over the lawn.
Atole is a Mexican hot drink made from
ground field corn mixed with water to form a thick...
I
use field corn in mine but it may be too big for these little hand warmers.
Corn hybrids with improved tolerance to crowding stress, grown at higher plant populations than their predecessors, have been a driver of
rising field corn yields in recent decades.
«Because of time and labor constraints in processing sweet corn, comparing more than a few hybrids with the «
field corn approach» is impractical,» Williams said.
Today, Ingeo ™ currently uses plant sugars from
field corn as the source material for manufacture.
Farmers who
plant field corn and sweet corn know about cross-pollination all too well.
Such great shared memories
of field corn, milk cans and porches, Did your grandparents bring in the tallest corn stalks and «measure» you against them?
TH: You mentioned that Ingeo is made from plant sugars derived
from field corn.
Field corn was planted this summer in the...
«That has been a large driver to yield gains in
field corn, and it's a logical route to increasing sweet corn yield.»
In order to identify CST hybrids in
field corn, researchers usually compare hybrids grown across a range of plant populations.
«Tech transfer offices have had several years to realize that not everything is going to be the next UC Davis strawberry,» says Margaret Smith,
a field corn breeder at Cornell University.
Corn has been Iowa's leading crop for 150 years, but most of that is
field corn; the sweet stuff, which is full of phytonutrients and fiber, is sold locally at farmers» markets and roadside stands.
Nearly
all field corn is produced with genetically modified seeds and is used to make tortillas, chips, corn syrup, animal feed and biofuels.
Field corn, which is harvested long after the kernels have dried out and lost their sweetness, is used to sustain the livestock that become our burgers.
I don't grow
field corn, which is the crop at issue in Nepal, but virtually all of the U.S. field corn crop is from hybrid seed.