Pod corn

Pod corn
SpeciesZea mays
VarietyZea mays var. tunicata

Pod corn or wild maize is a variety of corn (maize). It is not a wild ancestor of maize but rather a mutant that forms leaves around each kernel.

Pod corn (tunicata Sturt) is not grown commercially, but it is preserved in some localities.

Pod corn forms glumes around each kernel which is caused by a mutation at the Tunicate locus. Because of its bizarre appearance, pod corn has had a religious significance to certain Native American tribes.[which?]

The six major types of corn are dent corn, flint corn, pod corn, popcorn, flour corn, and sweet corn.

References

  1. ↑ Maize Cobs and Cultures: History of Zea mays L. Springer. 2010. pp. 114–. ISBN 978-3-642-04524-0. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
  2. ↑ Han, JJ; Jackson, D; Martienssen, R (2012). "Pod corn is caused by rearrangement at the Tunicate1 locus". The Plant Cell. 24 (7): 2733–44. Bibcode:2012PlanC..24.2733H. doi:10.1105/tpc.112.100537. PMC 3426111. PMID 22829149.
  3. ↑ "Pod corn develops leaves in the inflorescences -- ScienceDaily".
  4. ↑ Willy H. Verheye, ed. (2010). "Growth And Production Of Maize: Traditional Low-Input Cultivation". Soils, Plant Growth and Crop Production Volume II. EOLSS Publishers. p. 77. ISBN 978-1-84826-368-0.
  5. ↑ Wingen, L. U., Munster, T., Faigl, W., Deleu, W., Sommer, H., Saedler, H., & Theissen, G. (2012). Molecular genetic basis of pod corn (Tunicate maize). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 109(18), 7115-7120. doi:10.1073/pnas.1111670109
  6. ↑ Linda Campbell Franklin, "Corn," in Andrew F. Smith (ed.), The Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America. 2nd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013 (pp. 551–558), p. 553.
  1. ↑ More specifically, a gene ordinarily relating only to vegetative portions of the plant, called ZMM19, was apparently duplicated (in pre-Columbian times), leading to expression of the leafy sheath at the plant's inflorescences.Wingen, L. U., Munster, T., Faigl, W., Deleu, W., Sommer, H., Saedler, H., & Theissen, G. (2012), "Molecular genetic basis of pod corn (Tunicate maize)", Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 109 (18), University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI: PNAS: 7115–7120, Bibcode:2012PNAS..109.7115W, doi:10.1073/pnas.1111670109, PMC 3344968, PMID 22517751{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)