Maize

Origins of Corn Corn is in everything ethanol fuel, breads, oils, livestock feed, popcorn, and the infamous high-fructose corn syrup. There have been so many advances that corn has helped create such as fuel that is better for the ecosystem and cheap feed for livestock. In addition to advances, corn has also started many traditions like the making of tamales. Corn also played a large role for food was also the biggest source of food for people in South America. However, even knowing all this…

experiences were encountered in North America which needed naming, either by adapting EngEng vocabulary or by creating new words: e.g. Corn is the general English term for grain and denotes the most common grain crop, which is wheat in England but maize in North America; the word Robin denotes a small, red- breasted warbler in England but a large, red-breasted thrush in North America. Second: Technological and cultural developments…

at position-1 at 600 nm=107–108 colony forming units (CFU) ml-1 for inoculation (Bhuvaneswari et al. 1980). Maize B73 (Z. mays L.) seeds were then inoculated with selected bacterial cultures for 2 h, while control plants group was mock-inoculated with sterilized water only. 1.3. Plant Growth and Drought Stress Conditions A pot experiment was conducted to compare the efficacy of two…

Native Americans stored corn until it dried out. The dried corn was made into hominy by soaking corn into water until the kernels split open. These would be fried over a fire. Native Americans would also ground corn into cornmeal. Corn was put into the hollowed out mortar and then by pounding the corn with the pestle, this would grind it up into a powdery form. Corn meal could then be used for cornbread,corn syrup,or corn pudding. Often corn meal was mixed with beans to make succotash or to…

Evans-Pritchard, and Nuer Journeys, Nuer Lives, by Jon D. Holtzman, the lives of pastoralists in southern Sudan are discussed. In the selection by Evans-Pritchard, we learn about a group who’s social and economic structures rely heavily on cattle. Cattle cannot be tended by a single family alone, so several families may tend and protect their cattle together. The cattle belong to the head of the household, and even among his death, the family is reluctant to break up the herd, at least until…

One of the areas the Salado Indians lived in is where the Tonto National Monument.The three main agricultural crops they grew and lived on were called “The Three Sisters”; corn, beans and squash. The corn they ate and grew was not the same kind that Americans eat today.Rather it is multi-colored and smaller. The beans were flat podded climbing beans. And the squash was winter squash where the skin was hardened and the seeds were more mature. The crops were planted close together in mounds…

on South Africa The majority of maize consumed in South Africa is genetically modified and South Africa is the only country in the world that’s staple is mainly genetically modified. Genetically modified maize in South Africa, that are planted and harvested in South Africa, are known as Bt-crops. Bt-crops are so named from the protein produced by a soil bacterium, Bacillus thuringiensis, this protein killed insects when they eat and digest it. Therefore these maize plants cut back on pesticides.…

GM foods as a solution According to the United Nations about 21 000 people die each day due to hunger or hunger related problems. With genetically modified foods we will be able to increase the yield of crops in hunger stricken countries, improve their resistance to diseases and insects and increase their nutritional value. Advantages disadvantages of GM foods Some advantages of genetically modified foods include: a higher yield of crops per hectare, this means that we put a lesser strain on…

in their every day diet. One of the main dishes Mexicans use corn is the tortilla the ingredient to make a tortilla are 2 cups masa de maiz, 1 1/2 to 2 cups water. Masa de maíz is also known as maize (corn) dough made from freshly prepared hominy. The steps to make a tortilla are very simple you mix the maize dough and the water, then you grab a small portion of dough and press it until it become like a flat pancake shape once it has a flat circular shape it is ready to…

the rats with maize seeds. Overtime during the study they notices certain changes to them. In the article "Republished study: long-term toxicity of a Roundup herbicide and a Roundup-tolerantgenetically modified maize by Emilie Clair and other state the following cause that happen similar to Seralini,"Females developed large mammary tumors more frequently and before controls; the pituitary was the second most disabled organ; the sex hormonal balance was modified by consumption of GM maize and…