hybrid corn
Americannoun
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a crossbred corn, especially the grain of corn developed by hybridization of repeatedly self-pollinated, and therefore genetically pure, varieties.
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a plant grown from the grain of this corn.
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“When you use hybrid corn, genetically modified corn or whatever other option there is, it doesn’t give you that nostalgic flavor,” said Wangeman, who was born in the southern state of Oaxaca.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 25, 2023
These seeds are 100% farmer owned and exist outside of the large-scale value chains that we associate with the hybrid corn grown in the U.S.
From Salon ● Jul. 16, 2023
By the 1940s, almost every farmer in the United States was planting hybrid corn, and the harvests multiplied.
From Science Magazine ● Jul. 29, 2021
High-yield hybrid corn was already in production, and Mr. Yuan sought to do something similar with rice, a self-pollinating crop that posed a far greater challenge for plant breeders.
From Washington Post ● May 25, 2021
When farmers first planted hybrid corn in the 1930s their yields doubled or tripled.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
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