Notes on maize

✍ Scribed by Herzka, A.

• Publisher: Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
• Year: 1947
• Weight: 223 KB
• Volume: 66
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0368-4075
• DOI: 10.1002/jctb.5000661105

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

One of the ways in which maize is used is as popcorn. To obtain this the maize is expanded and turned inside out by the application of heat j this process is termed the popping of com (= maize). The work described below has been carried out to ascertain (a) why maize pops, and (b) why popping is limited to certain varieties of maize.