### plant | tracheophyte | herb | grass | cereal | corn:

Sweet corn
* Most sweet corn has fiber.
* Some sweet corn has proteins.
* accounts for about five per cent of total corn production in Ontario.
* can be sensitive to new herbicides and crop tolerance needs to be evaluated
  - easily cross with field corn, which produces starchy-tasting corn the same season
* comes from the grass family.
* freezes well, especially if removed from ears before freezing.
* grows best when planted in several short rows instead of one long row.
* has a high respiration rate, which results in a high rate of heat evolution
  - huge number of varieties as well
* has a very high percentage of sugar and water in the composition of the kernels
  - short storage life
* heavy user of nitrogen, so good yields depend upon adequate levels being present.
* is an annual with yellow, white, and bi-colored ears
  - easy vegetable to grow
  - excellant source of dietry fibre and complex carbohydrate
  - generally more susceptible than field corn
* is grown for sale as a whole vegetable and for canned or frozen corn products
  - mostly for fresh market
  - on a commercial basis to a limited extent in southwest North Dakota
  - harvested fresh, and typically grown near where it is consumed
  - much more susceptible than inbred seed corn or hybrid seed corn
* is often available for ensiling as canning factory waste, stover, and as whole plants
  - more susceptible than field corn and can serve as a reservoir for the bacteria
  - one food that they really like and seem to know just when it is ready
  - part of corn
  - ready to harvest when the silks turn brown and get dry
  - ripe when the kernels are fully rounded and still full of milky juice
* moderate source of fiber and starch.
* needs nitrogen and rich organic matter to thrive which the legumes leave behind.
* performs best in fertile, well-drained soils in full sun.
* produces a coarse crop refuse that resists decomposition.
* represents one of the important vegetable crops in the United States.
* requires rich soil with ample nitrogen and moisture.
* starts converting sugar to starch when the ear is separated from the stalk.
* warm season crop, easily killed by frost.
* warm-season vegetable that can be grown easily in most gardens.

Yellow corn
* has higher vitamin A content than white corn.
* is high in the eye-protectors lutein and zeaxanthin
  - the only cereal grain that contains significant amounts of carotene

### plant | tracheophyte | herb | grass | cereal | dry cereal:

Bran flake
* dry cereal
* make ideal wholemeal alternatives to fish food.

### plant | tracheophyte | herb | grass | cereal | hot cereal:

Kasha
* is another grain that can serve as a rice replacement
  - which can serve as a rice replacement
  - low in fat and sodium and high in potassium, phosphorus and fiber
  - made from buckwheat and can be used in pilafs, burgers, or mixed in casseroles
  - particularly common, especially for children
* is the best thing for women who want to be in good shape or who is on a diet
  - hulled, crushed kernels of buckwheat

Milo
* are soccer players.
* includes cell membranes
  - cells
  - corpi
  - cytoplasm
  - nuclei
  - plasma membranes
  - sections
  - vacuoles
  - vegetables