(n.) A large species of American grass of the genus Zea (Z. Mays), widely cultivated as a forage and food plant; Indian corn. Also, its seed, growing on cobs, and used as food for men animals.
Example Sentences:
(1) Their contour lengths varied from 0.28 to 51 micron, but unlike in the case of maize, a large difference was not observed in the distribution of molecular classes greater than 1.0 micron between N and S cytoplasms of sugar beet.
(2) The optimum is 30 degrees C for the maize isolate and only 20 degrees C for the haricot bean isolate.
(3) The lambs of the second group were given 1200-1500 g of concentrate pellets and 300 g chopped wheat straw, and those of the third group were given 800 and 1050 g each of concentrate pellets, and 540 g and 720 g of pellets of whole maize plant containing 40 per cent.
(4) Fumonisins are mycotoxins produced by strains belonging to several different mating populations of Gibberella fujikuroi (anamorphs, Fusarium section Liseola), a major pathogen of maize and sorghum worldwide.
(5) Additionally, the component parts of Mu elements exist separately in the maize genome.
(6) The orf25 coding region shares greater than 85% identity with orf25 sequences from maize, tobacco and wheat, suggesting that orf25 may code for a conserved protein product.
(7) A pollen-specific cDNA clone, Zmc13, has been isolated from a cDNA library constructed to poly(A) RNA from mature maize pollen.
(8) In vivo, in vitro, and in situ plant assays are presented, and the maize wx locus assay is discussed.
(9) When electroporated into maize protoplasts from a suspension cell line not synthesizing anthocyanins, reporter genes with Bz2, Bz1, and A1 promoters are expressed only when both R and C1 expression plasmids are co-electroporated.
(10) The promoter segment of a plant gene (maize alcohol dehydrogenase 1 (Adh 1)) has been fused to two bacterial reporter genes, Ecogpt (1) and neo (2), in pSV2-derived vectors and introduced into cultured mammalian cells by DNA transfection.
(11) The primary amino acid sequence of the enzyme exhibits only 25.0% and 21.1% identity with 177 and 151 amino acid residues of maize glutathione S-transferase I and rat glutathione S-transferase Yb2, respectively.
(12) In studies with PEPC isolated from leaves of maize, an assay coupled with reduction of OAA to malate was compared with product analysis using high-performance liquid chromatography and an assay based on Pi release.
(13) The diet of pre-school children in this region of Kenya consists foremost of maize and milk.
(14) of fission neutrons for the induction of yellow-green sectors in maize.
(15) In-vitro, PAA showed the best bioadhesive properties, followed by modified maize starch and PEG with a mol.
(16) Three trials were conducted at the beginning of lactation, with maize silage, grass silage or grass silage and hay based diets.
(17) Each field is like a room: mostly wheat or pasture but occasionally barley, oilseed rape, maize or broad beans.
(18) The carboxy-terminal part of the maize homeodomain protein is related to the human Oct2 transcription factor, but homology to the POU specific domain is restricted to the POU-B subdomain.
(19) The staples of the poor consisted of one or two bulky carbohydrate meals (derivatives of different species of cocoyam, cassava, yam and maize) eaten with vegetable soup in palm oil, melon seeds, snail, occasional meat and fish.
(20) One pair of sheep was fed on the frozen grass and the other pair was fed on the grass-maize pellets.
Pinole
Definition:
(n.) An aromatic powder used in Italy in the manufacture of chocolate.
(n.) Parched maize, ground, and mixed with sugar, etc. Mixed with water, it makes a nutritious beverage.
Example Sentences:
(1) These methods have been in use in Cardiff and Barcelona for a number of years and were used in the survey of cases described by Pinol et al.