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| thought I would repost some questions I posed earlier this morning (within my Cranberry corn thread) as a new message.
Does anyone know why yellow is the standard color for commodity corn? Do other colored kernels cause a yield hit... or some other real or perceived quality concern?
According to the literature, elevated anthocyanin levels impart insect resistance and some nutritional quality benefits... maybe more of us should be growing purple corn. what do you think?
Would a load of commodity corn get rejected at the elevator if it had 0.1% purple kernels?
Joel
WIU Agriculture
BTW It looks like a beautiful day for our Twilight tour tonight... hope to see some of you at *5*pm at the intersection of 20th St and 20th Ave in southwest Warren Cty, IL. | |
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why is commodity corn yellow?
