Amylomaize was a term coined by Robert P. Bear of Bear Hybrids Corn Company in Decatur, Illinois to describe his discovery and commercial breeding of a unique corn with high (>50%) amylose starch content. The discovery of amylomaize occurred as a mutation in a normal inbred line and from that one mutation, an entire new kind of corn was developed. The Decatur Transfer House in the background with a newly completed fountain in the foreground. ... Binomial name Zea mays L. Maize (Zea mays ssp. ... In biology, mutations are changes to the genetic material (usually DNA or RNA). ...
Principal uses of amylomaize are in making biodegradableplastics. It is also used in coatings that are edible and digestable. The food that the first American astronauts used on Apollo flights were coated with amylomaize film, so that no crumbs would float around in the space capsule. Biodegradation is the decomposition of material by microorganisms. ... Plastic covers a range of synthetic or semisynthetic polymerization products. ... U.S. Space Shuttle astronaut Bruce McCandless II using a manned maneuvering unit (MMU) outside the Challenger in 1984. ... Apollo CSM in lunar orbit. ...
Several years earlier Robert P.Bear also discovered and reported that waxy corn (0% amylose) also occurred as a mutation. Once discovered and reported, the occurrence of waxy mutations was fairly frequent in the order of once every 30,000 observations
Feeds |
Contact