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Ethanol
It can be grown for both a cash crop and nourishment for people and livestock.
It can be grown for both a cash crop and nourishment for people and livestock.
In the United States, there has recently been a boom in the use of corn to produce [[ethanol]] as automotive fuel. The result has been a rise in the price of corn, affecting its use for food and livestock feed.<ref>''The New York Times,'' February 2, 2007[http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/11/weekinreview/11egan.html?_r=1&oref=slogin&ref=weekinreview&pagewanted=print]</ref>
Corn is an interesting plant for studying genetics, because the individual kernels may display phenotypic variation such as color, are numerous, and are conveniently held together on a single cob. In an ear of corn with two colors of kernel, the number of kernels of each color will often display the classic 3:1 Mendelian ratio.
Corn is an interesting plant for studying genetics, because the individual kernels may display phenotypic variation such as color, are numerous, and are conveniently held together on a single cob. In an ear of corn with two colors of kernel, the number of kernels of each color will often display the classic 3:1 Mendelian ratio.