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Specialty Corns, Second Edition
Edited by Arnel R Hallauer
CRC Press
2000
496 pp ISBN 0849323770
£130.00
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- Offers thorough coverage of the genetics and breeding of specialty corns
- Presents the development of specialty types of corn that can be used for human food
- Covers the expansion of corn production in shorter growing seasons
- Over 100 tables and illustrations
Completely revised and updated, the Second Edition of Specialty Corns includes everything in the first
edition and more. Considered the standard in this field, significant changes have been made to keep all the
information current and bring the references up-to-date. Two new chapters have been added to keep up
with the latest trends: Blue Corn and Baby Corn.
Access the latest methods in developing specialty corns with this standard-setting reference. Edited by an
expert in the field who has spent his professional life working with corn, Specialty Corns, Second Edition discusses
the genetic variation inherent in corn, genetic materials available, breeding methods, and special problems associated
with the development of specialty corns. Hallauer has assembled a team of international experts who have contributed
to this work.
Offers thorough coverage of the genetics and breeding of specialty corns
- Presents the development of specialty types of corn that can be used for human food
- Covers the expansion of corn production in shorter growing seasons
- Over 100 tables and illustrations
Completely revised and updated, the Second Edition of Specialty Corns includes everything in the first edition
and more. Considered the standard in this field, significant changes have been made to keep all the information
current and bring the references up-to-date. Two new chapters have been added to keep up with the latest trends:
Blue Corn and Baby Corn.
Access the latest methods in developing specialty corns with this standard-setting reference. Edited by an
expert in the field who has spent his professional life working with corn, Specialty Corns, Second Edition
discusses the genetic variation inherent in corn, genetic materials available, breeding methods, and special
problems associated with the development of specialty corns. Hallauer has assembled a team of international
experts who have contributed to this work.
Contents
Kernel Mutants of Corn, C.D. Boyer and L. C. Hannah
Properties of Corn Starch, P.J. White
High Amylose of Waxy Corn, V. Ferguson
High Quality Protein Corn, S.K. Vasal
High-Oil Corn Hybrids, R.J. Lambert
Sweet Corn, W.F. Tracey
Popcorn, K.E. Ziegler
Breeding White Endosperm Corn, C.G. Poneleit
Baby Corn, C. Aekatasanawan
Blue Corn, F.J. Betrán, A.J. Bockholt, and L.W. Rooney
Food Uses of Regular and Specialty Corns and Their Dry Milled Fractions, S.O. Serna-Salvidar, M.H. Gomez,
and L.W. Rooney
Pipe Corn, Basis of the "Barnyard Briar", L.L. Darrah
Silage Corn, J.G. Coors and J.G. Lauer
Temperate Corn: Background, Behavior, and Breeding, A. F. Troyer
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