Corn Origin, History, Technology, and Production
edited by
C. Wayne Smith

This book is an all-in-one guide to corn!

Corn: Origin, History, Technology, and Production provides practical advice on planting techniques and rates, seed production, treating plant diseases, insect infestation and weeds, harvesting, processing, and worldwide utilization.

Contents

1. Origin, Domestication and History
   • Corn, Strange and Marvelous: But Is a Definitive Origin Known?
   • Changes in Performance, Parentage, and Genetic Diversity of Successful Corn Hybrids, 1930–2000
   • Germplasm Resources
   • Persistent and Popular Germplasm in Seventy Centuries of Corn Evolution

2. The Corn Plant
   • Physiology of the Corn Plant
   • The Corn Kernel
   • Corn Breeding
   • Biotechnology: New Horizons
   • Cytogenetics of Corn

3. Production
   • Production Statistics
   • Corn Managemen
   • World Corn Production Practices
   • Hybrid Corn Seed Production
   • Insect Control
   • Disease Control
   • Weed Control
   • Corn Marketing

4. Product Processing
   • Harvest and Harvest Equipment
   • On-Farm Handling, Storage, and Quality
   • Corn Processing and Products
   • Specialty Corns

Index

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