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Maize (IPAEng: ˈmeɪz) (Zea mays L. ssp. mays), known as corn in some countries, is a cereal grain domesticated in Mesoamerica and subsequently spread throughout the American continents. After European contact with the Americas in the late 15th and early 16th century, maize spread to the rest of the world.

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Maize (IPAEng: ˈmeɪz) (Zea mays L. ssp. mays), known as corn in some countries, is a cereal grain domesticated in Mesoamerica and subsequently spread throughout the American continents. After European contact with the Americas in the late 15th and early 16th century, maize spread to the rest of the world.

Maize is the most widely grown crop in the Americas (270 million tonnes annually in the United States alone). Hybrid maize, due to its high grain yield as a result of heterosis ("hybrid vigour"), is preferred by farmers over conventional varieties. While some maize varieties grow up to 7 metres (23 ft) tall, most commercially grown maize has been bred for a standardized height of 2.5 metres (8 ft). Sweet corn is usually shorter than field-corn varieties.

Naming conventions

The term maize derives from the Spanish form (maíz) of the indigenous Taino term for the plant, and is the form most commonly heard in the United Kingdom. In the United States, Canada and Australia, the usual term is corn, which originally referred to any grain (and still does in Britain), but which now refers exclusively to maize, having been shortened from the form "Indian corn" (which currently, at least in the U.S., is often used to refer specifically to multi-colored "field corn" cultivars).

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The ears are female inflorescences, tightly covered over by several layers of leaves, and so closed-in by them to the stem that they do not show themselves easily until the emergence of the pale yellow silks from the leaf whorl at the end of the ear. The silks are elongated stigmas that look like tufts of hair, at first green, and later red or yellow. Plantings for silage are even denser, and achieve an even lower percentage of ears and more plant matter. Certain varieties of maize have been bred to produce many additional developed ears, and these are the source of the "baby corn" that is used as a vegetable in Asian cuisine.

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The kernel of corn has a pericarp of the fruit fused with the seed coat, typical of the grasses. It is close to a multiple fruit in structure, except that the individual fruits (the kernels) never fuse into a single mass. The grains are about the size of peas, and adhere in regular rows round a white pithy substance, which forms the ear. An ear contains from 200 to 400 kernels, and is from 10–25 centimetres (4–10 inches) in length. They are of various colors: blackish, bluish-gray, red, white and yellow. When ground into flour, maize yields more flour, with much less bran, than wheat does. However, it lacks the protein gluten of wheat and, therefore, makes baked goods with poor rising capability and coherence.

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Corn - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Eighth-grade football team stops Maize

The Newton Kansan The Newton middle schools eighth-grade football team downed Maize 35-12 Thursday at Fischer Field. Newton led 35-6 at the half. http://www.thekansan.com/sports/x1780976225/Eighth-grade-foo...

Afgri expects bumper maize crop

News 24 South AfricaAgricultural services group Afgri is upbeat over the year ahead and expects to almost double its maize crop on the back of a strong agricultural outlook.http://www.fin24.co.za/articles/default/display_article.aspx...

Lesotho: Mathabang Letsoara, "We Have Less Than Half a Sack of Maize to Live On"

AllAfrica.comMathabang Letsoara, in her early twenties, lives with her family of six in Ha Tsiu, a village 100km east of Maseru, capital of Lesotho. Food production in their village has fallen steadily.http://allafrica.com/stories/200809170005.html

Kenya: Experts Forecast Maize Shortage Despite Adequate Rainfall

AllAfrica.comDespite the forecast by the Meteorological Department that there will be sufficient rainfall between October and December, Kenya still faces maize shortage next year.http://allafrica.com/stories/200809150189.html

Zimbabwe: Gwanda Councillors Fight Over Maize

AllAfrica.comSenior Zanu PF officials in the Gwanda rural district council in Matabeleland South recently exchanged blows after accusing each other of diverting maize meant for starving villagers to the black market amid reports of worsening corruption in provinces hard hit by starvation.http://allafrica.com/stories/200809150464.html

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SAfrica white maize exports rose to 81,592 tonnes

Reuters AfricaJOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa exported 81,592 tonnes of white maize in the week to Oct 3, compared to 46,858 tonnes in the previous week, the South African Grain Information Service (SAGIS) said on Tuesday. Yellow maize exports rose to 1,892 ... http://africa.reuters.com/business/news/usnJOE4960JI.html

High-moisture maize sells below MSP

Business StandardCurrently, the fresh stock is quoting in the range of Rs 750-840 a quintal levels in the physical market due to higher moisture of over 15 per cent. “Maize prices are ruling low because of inferior quality of grains, which have high moisture ... http://www.business-standard.com/india/storypage.php?autono=...

Maize prices crash at NCDEX

Commodity OnlineMaize prices crashed at NCDEX on Tuesday with the October contracts sliding by -1.38 per cent at Rs 860 per quintal following a fall in demand due to global market meltdown. The November futures also moved down by -1.26 per cent at Rs 860 per quintal ... http://www.commodityonline.com/futures-trading/market/Maize-...

Maize calls for new Northwest Bypass route

Wichita EagleOfficials in Maize are asking state officials to steer the Northwest Bypass route, which would link U.S. 54 near Goddard to K-96 near Maize, to the west of their city, according to a letter released at a transportation meeting today. The reason is ... http://www.kansas.com/news/updates/story/552615.html

Amazing Maize (or Corn Mazes)

WiredFall is well underway and thoughts here in Southwestern Ontario turn to colorful leaves, Thanksgiving (Canadian calendar- it's only a week away), Halloween, snow tires (see the Canadian calendar comment) and... Corn mazes? I'm not sure which came ... http://blog.wired.com/geekdad/2008/10/amazing-maize-o.html

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Maize Association of Australia

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Maize Mapping Project

9/01/05: iMap updated for July 2005 FPC release; genetic maps are IBM2 and IBM2 2004 neighbors maps. NOTE: we are updating iMap criteria to include a 'human-in-the-loop".http://www.maizemap.org/
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Bradleycorn flour/starch (maize) and wheaten corn flour?Bradley"Corn" is an old word for "grain" that originally did not specify a species. Hence 19th century Corn Laws in UK, and corned beef, which is made with wheat-kernel sized grains of salt. So "wheaten ...dogs.doodahsWhere can I buy a sack of maize seed in Dorset, UK?dogs.doodahsare you talking about yellow corn? the stuff we grow in the middle of the U S ?? Then you want to specify Sweet Corn. The kind we boil and eat off cob. Dent Corn will break your teeth. I dont think...maneldissahow to make flour from corn(maize) to baking purpose?If you know please reply me?maneldissaI use polenta. It is the only kind of corn meal I can easily get where I live. It is quite coarse. I can only replace part of the flour in a recipe with it; otherwise the bread/biscuits are too cru...kouabenan pHow can you cross a river,one at a time with house lion,house coat and one kilo of maize?kouabenan pYou have used the word coat so often that it cannot be an oversight. I take it as it is. I will put on the HOUSE COAT on my body and take lion on the other side . Then I will go back for the...DesI want to know the correlation between maize fat and maize moisture?DesNo such study has been conducted till date.
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