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What features make hybrid corn more desirable than its parents?
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∙ 15y ago
One of the traits that makes hybrids more desirable to some is that certain hybrids have been bred for their sugar content. Those varieties taste sweet and I believe hold their sugar content longer after being picked. more most traits cultivated are producer oriented rather then consumer oriented though this is slowly changing. you are more likely to find hybrids which grant desiese immunities and higher crop yields the sweeter or more nutrient varieties. zaf.
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Can you grow corn from a piece of corn?
yes, it should grow with no problem. <><><> Maybe. If the original corn is a hybrid, what you get from planting it may not look like what you planted. If it is an "heirloom" non-hybrid seed, such as Country Gentleman sweet corn, you will get Country Gentleman. If it is a Hybrid Super Sweet, you may get a plant that looks more like a grass- one of the parents of the hybrid.
How is Hybrid corn?
its not
Can kernels from an ear of corn which you raised be planted?
If it was a standard "open pollinated" corn (an "old style" corn), yes - it will reproduce new corn plants and ears exactly like the one you planted the kernels from. If it is a newer hybrid corn (and 98% of all corns grown are hybrid corns) then no, it can't. It will create corn plants, that will grow ears, but the ears will revert to one or another of the parents mated to produce the hybrid - maybe with good results, maybe with very disappointing results.
What is it called when you mix two types of corn to produce one?
hybrid corn
What is a hybrid crop?
a hybrid crop is like corn or maybe even like soybeans.
How is hybrid genes used in a sentence?
The corn was resistant to disease because of its hybrid genes.
What has the author S Vittal Rao written?
S. Vittal Rao has written: 'Hybrid maize' -- subject(s): Corn, Breeding, Hybrid corn
What has the author Curtis Norskog written?
Curtis Norskog has written: 'Hybrid seed corn enterprises' -- subject(s): History, Seed industry and trade, Directories, Corn industry, Hybrid corn
Is flint corn a hybrid?
Zea mays indurata is also known as Indian corn, flint corn or calico corn. Each kernel has a hard outer layer to protect the soft endosperm, so it is a "hard as flint". It is NOT a hybrid.
Hybrid corn is produced that is resistant to bacteria infection and is highly productive What might have been the phenotypes of the two parents?
If bacterial resistant, highly productive corn is produced, the phenotypes could be - Resistance to a pathogen might just be from a single gene. Productively are the result of several genes, often termed "Quality Trait Loci" or "QTLs." Combining several genes from each parent leads to Hybrid vigor, where the hybrid has better productively than its best parent.
Are hybrid crops widely used?
They are in the US. Nearly all corn produced is hybrid, along with many other crops as well.
What percent of the world's crops are gown from hybrid seeds?
99 percent of US corn is grown from hybrid seed, but not sure about world crops.
