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Corn Producing 50 Percent More Kernels Could Be Key To Ending Hunger

Published on May 30, 2016

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Feeding a growing population

"Corn producing 50% more kernels could be the key to ending hunger"

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kernels

the fruit of the corn

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came through in a big way

idiom expression

mutation

a change in genes

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stem cell

an unspecialized cell that can develop into a different type of cell

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staple crop

a food that is a major part of a culture

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stunt

when the growth of a plant is limited

strain

a genetic variant of a micro-organism

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replicated

reproduced; copied

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