dent corn

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Synonyms for dent corn

corn whose kernels contain both hard and soft starch and become indented at maturity

Synonyms

Zea mays indentata

Related Words

field corn

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Here, in order to make the mosaic panels with their rich detail, artisans needed a wider color palette than Yellow Dent corn could supply.

For the history of Yellow Dent corn, one good source is Betty Fuseli, "In the Name of Divine Progress" in The Story of Corn (New York: Knopf, 1992), 67-75.

Indians Playing Indian at the Midwestern Corn Palaces, 1892-2013

There will be a product specific increase for dent corn based products * Manufacturing intensive specialty products will increase from $2.

/C O R R E C T I O N -- National Starch and Chemical Company/;

The three kinds of corn commonly planted today are field or dent corn (primarily for animal feed, oil and industry);, sweet corn for human consumption; and popcorn.

Bloody Butcher: This is a venerable dent corn that can be readily traced into the 19th century and possibly as far back as colonial days.

This year, try growing heirloom corn. (The garden)

Dent corn is so named because of the depression in the center of the kernel.

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2 yellow dent corn and feed supplements in livestock production," he says.

Supercede is a nutritionally enhanced dent corn produced using a single-cross breeding system, explains Steve Thompson, Ph.

Dow AgroSciences Introduces Nutritionally Enhanced Corn

Bloody Butcher: This is a venerable dent corn that can be readily traced back to the nineteenth century and possibly as far back as colonial days.

Open-pollinated corn: old-fashioned, but still valuable

The company's CFS division is a developer, producer, and marketer of seed products, including waxy corn, yellow dent corn, soybeans, and alfalfa.

DEKALB Genetics to Purchase Assets From National Starch; Conduct Joint Development of Quality Grain Traits

5 percent, compared with 4 percent or less in typical dent corn varieties, was harvested from approximately 350,000 acres in 1996.

Pioneer, DuPont Expand High Oil Corn Testing

Corn cakes in this study were prepared using yellow and white cracked dent corns.

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