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Maize

Maize (/ˈmeɪz/; Zea mays), also known as corn, is a tall stout grass that produces cereal grain. The leafy stalk of the plant gives rise to male inflorescences or tassels which produce pollen, and female inflorescences called ears. The ears yield grain, known as kernels or seeds. In modern commercial varieties, these are usually yellow or white; other…

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Maize

Nodes290
Edges289
Triples290
Avg. degree1.99
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Maize

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related to Genetics · 22
Maize → Agriculture, Barbara McClintock, Department, DNA, Energy, GenBank, Genomics Database, In, Medicine, Much, National Science Foundation, Nobel Prize, Physiology, Sequencing, The, The International Maize, The MADS-box, The Maize Genetics, United States Department, USDA
related to Maize and teosinte · 21
Maize → A0A317YEZ1, American Nobel Prize-winner George, Americas, Balsas, Balsas River, Beadle, Doebley, Guerrero, Iguala, In, John Doebley, Mexico's, Nikolai Ivanovich Vavilov, Paul Mangelsdorf, Q93WI2, Russian, Stone, Teosinte, The, Tripsacum
related to Names · 21
Maize → Betty Fussell, British, Carl Linnaeus, England, English-speaking, Fussell, In, Indian, Ireland, Italians, Most, North America, Scotland, Similar, Spanish, Taíno, The, The British, The Swedish, Turkey
related to Further reading · 19
Maize → Bonavia, Byerlee, Cambridge University Press, Clampitt, Culture, Cynthia, Derek, Development, Domestication, Duccio, Global History, Heartland, How Corn Shaped, ISBN, Its Role, Journal, May, Origin, The
related to Columbian exchange · 16
Maize → After, By, Christ, Christian, Columbus's, Europe, Europeans, French, It, Italian, Italy, Philippines, Southern Europe, Spain, Spanish, West Africa
related to Growing · 16
Maize → Africa, Although, As, Because, C3, C4, Field, Fourth, In, Its, July, Native Americans, Sweet, The, Three Sisters, United States
related to Pre-Columbian development · 15
Maize → All, Americas, Balsas River, By, Central America, Colombian Andes, Ecuador, It, Maya, Mesoamerica, Mexican, Mexico, Olmec, The, The Olmec
related to Conventional breeding · 14
Maize → Both, Hopkins, James, Jones, Later, Modern, Reid, Reid's Yellow Dent, Shull, Since, There, These, This, University-supported
related to Culinary · 14
Maize → After, Although, Bourbon, Central American, Corn, In, It, Masa, Mesoamerican, Mexican, Nursing, Olmec, The, The Maya
related to In human culture · 14
Maize → Allende, Capitol, Chilean, Corn, Croatian, Dublin, Field, In, In Mesoamerica, Mitchell, Ohio, South Dakota, The, The Corn Palace

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corn grain used food plant ears many crop years teosinte kernels wheat feed staple plants ago varieties world pests grown

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Maizeis aconsiderably more water-efficient crop than plants that use C3 carbon fixation such as alfalfa and soybeans0.90text
Maizeis astaple of Mexican cuisine0.90text
cornmeal or masainstance offor uses0.80text
corn starchinstance offor uses0.80text
corn syrupinstance offor uses0.80text
pressing into corn oilinstance offor uses0.80text
alcoholic beverages like bourbon whiskeyinstance offor uses0.80text
and as chemical feedstocks including ethanolinstance offor uses0.80text
other biofuels.Maize is cultivated throughout the worldinstance offor uses0.80text
nutritioninstance ofModern plant breeding has greatly increased output and qualities0.80text
drought toleranceinstance ofModern plant breeding has greatly increased output and qualities0.80text
and tolerance of pestsinstance ofModern plant breeding has greatly increased output and qualities0.80text

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