The mystique of pod corn presents an interesting case study. For hundreds and possibly thousands of years, growers kept it alive, right on up to the small farms, community gardens and research fields ...

In a variant of maize known as pod corn, or tunicate maize, the maize kernels on the cob are not ‘naked’ but covered by long membranous husks known as glumes. According to scientists from the Max ...

Dear Jane: We're using pod corn to decorate our classroom this fall and wondered how it originated. -- Garden Information Line caller Dear caller: Pod corn is unique in that each corn kernel is ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Pod corn (Zea mays var tunicata) was once regarded as ancestral to cultivated maize, and was prized by pre-Columbian cultures for its magical ...

The 32nd Pro Farmer Crop Tour kicked off on Monday with nearly 100 scouts in South Dakota and Ohio. The results from day 1 were released Monday night, with South Dakota and Ohio’s corn yield estimate ...

Pod corn is a classic morphological mutant of maize in which the mature kernels of the cob are covered by glumes, in contrast to generally grown maize varieties in which kernels are naked. Pod corn, ...

STANTON, Iowa - The corn crop in southwestern Iowa showed above average yield potential but lagged behind the U.S. government's record projection for the country's top corn producing state, scouts on ...

LINCOLN — By Sunday, 88% of Nebraska’s corn had reached dough stage and 90 percent of soybeans were setting pods, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics ...