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ZEA MAYS [8 records]

Record 1 2021-09-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Milling and Cereal Industries
CONT

Maize bran. Byproduct of flour or grits manufacture from maize grain(Zea mays L.). It consists principally of outer skins, some germ fragments, and endosperm particles.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minoterie et céréales
DEF

Coproduit de la transformation du maïs [constitué principalement] des enveloppes du grain [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Molinería y cereales
CONT

El salvado de maíz constituido esencialmente por las envueltas y el capuchón del grano (equivalentes al 13 por 100 de éste), se separa de la harina mediante cernido tras la molienda.

OBS

Gluten-20 es un subproducto de la industria transformadora del maíz en la producción de almidón y azúcares. Es una mezcla compuesta por pequeñas partículas de harina de maíz, la cáscara del grano (salvado), gluten y agua de condensación.

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Record 2 2016-01-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
  • Grain Growing
  • Forage Crops
Universal entry(ies)
DEF

A cultivated American cereal plant(Zea mays) of the grass family, with the grain borne on cobs enclosed in husks.

OBS

maize: term used mostly in British and technical texts.

OBS

corn: term used in Canada by the Canadian Grain Commission and other Federal Agencies and Departments.

OBS

The word "corn" has many different meanings depending on what country you are in. Corn in the United States is also called "maize" or "Indian corn." In some countries, corn means the leading crop grown in a certain district. Corn in England means wheat; in Scotland and Ireland, it refers to oats.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Culture des céréales
  • Culture des plantes fourragères
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
DEF

Céréale de grande culture de la famille des graminacées.

OBS

maïs : terme en usage au Canada à la Commission canadienne des grains et autres ministères.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Botánica
  • Cultivo de cereales
  • Cultivo de plantas forrajeras
Entrada(s) universal(es)
CONT

El abastecimiento de España en maíz ha sido uno de los grandes problemas de su política agrícola.

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Record 3 2011-11-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Grain Growing
CONT

Cultivated corn or maize(Zea mays) is a member of the family Gramineae(grass family). The genus Zea contains four species, but only Z. mays has been developed so dramatically from the other members of the genus and from its wild ancestors. Because of concerted human intervention over centuries of selection and plant breeding, corn bears little ressemblance to its relatives. Much of the agronomic development of corn has focussed on the production of large, nutritious seeds(kernels) that do not shatter from the plant upon maturity.

OBS

Cultivated: meaning a plant which have been especially bred or improved. (A Dictionary of Agricultural and Allied Terminology).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Culture des céréales
CONT

Le Maxim est un nouveau type de traitement des semences produit par Novartis. Le Maxim a été homologué pour l'utilisation sur le maïs cultivé, mais il est aussi efficace pour contrôler le pourridié des racines des haricots comestibles.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cultivo de cereales
CONT

El maíz cultivado es una planta completamente domesticada y el hombre y el maíz han vivido y han evolucionado juntos desde tiempos remotos. El maíz no crece en forma salvaje y no puede sobrevivir en la naturaleza, siendo completamente dependiente de los cuidados del hombre.

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Record 4 2011-06-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Grain Growing
Universal entry(ies)
DEF

A [variety] of corn whose dried kernels explode into large, fluffy masses when heated ...

OBS

Zea mays var. Everta. Agricultural food products(cereals).

OBS

pop-corn; Zea mays : Terms standardized by ISO.

Key term(s)
  • pop corn

French

Domaine(s)
  • Culture des céréales
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Zea mays var. everta. Céréales grains.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cultivo de cereales
Entrada(s) universal(es)
CONT

El maíz reventón es una forma extrema de maíz duro con endosperma duro que ocupa la mayor parte del grano y una pequeña cantidad de almidón blando en la parte basal del mismo. Los granos son pequeños, con pericarpio grueso y varían en su forma de redondos a oblongos. Cuando se calienta el grano, revienta y el endospermo sale. Varias formas primitivas de maíz tienen granos de tipo reventón. El uso principal del maíz reventón es para bocadillos (rositas o palomitas). Los granos con bajo contenido de humedad -cerca de 14%- cuando se calientan a alrededor de 170°C, revientan y cuanto mayor es su expansión mejor es la calidad del producto final.

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Record 5 2010-06-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Forage Crops
  • Vegetable Crop Production
Universal entry(ies)
CONT

Dent Corn. If a typical dent kernel is viewed in cross section, the outer portion, which consists of hard endosperm, will appear horny and translucent. ... During drying, shrinkage is greatest in the soft endosperm, causing the top of the kernel to become depressed, hence the name "dent".

OBS

Agricultural food products (Cereals).

OBS

dent corn; Zea mays convar indentata : Terms standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Culture des plantes fourragères
  • Production légumière
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Variété de maïs (Zea mays indentata).

OBS

Maïs denté : Terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Key term(s)
  • maïs dent de cheval

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cultivo de plantas forrajeras
  • Producción hortícola
Entrada(s) universal(es)
CONT

Zea mays L. var. indentata (Sturtev.) L. H. Bailey: es la variedad botánica más cultivada en el mundo; comúnmente se le conoce como maíz dentado (dent corn), debido a que al madurar, sus granos presentan una depresión en el extremo distal.

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Record 6 2004-04-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Spacecraft
  • Research Experiments in Space
CONT

The Radiation Monitoring Container Device [is made of various components]. In the Radiation Monitoring Container, layers of cosmic ray detectors and bacteria spores(Bacillus subtilis), maize seeds(Zea mays), and shrimp eggs(Artemia salina) are sandwiched together and enclosed on all sides by dosimeters, gauges that measure radiation doses. The radiation detectors are sheets of plastic materials(TS 16 and CR 39) that record the tracks of cosmic rays three dimensionally. The dosimeters are made of lithium fluoride and magnesium-silica-terbium, which are thermoluminescent materials. When moderately heated after exposure to radiation, these materials emit visible light proportional to the dose of radiation received. The experiment in its box-like container is mounted on the aft end cone of the Spacelab, an area where radiation shielding is somewhat lower than in other locations. The specimens in the device are exposed to cosmic radiation throughout the IML-1 mission.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Engins spatiaux
  • Travaux de recherche dans l'espace

Spanish

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Record 7 2004-02-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
  • Food Additives
DEF

A corn-derived prolamin(i. e., from Zea mays) available as a combustible white or yellowish water-insoluble powder with a high leucine content. Coating and glazing for some foods(candy, confectionery).

CONT

Zein [is a] nontoxic protein of the prolamine class ... Free of cystine, lysine and tryptophan.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
  • Additifs alimentaires
DEF

Prolamine du maïs (Zea mays) se présentant sous la forme d'une poudre combustible, blanche ou jaunâtre, riche en leucine, insoluble dans l'eau. Enrobage et lustrage de certaines denrées (bonbons, pâtisseries).

CONT

[La] zéine [est dépourvue] de plusieurs acides aminés indispensables à la survie (tryptophane) et à la croissance (lysine) des mammifères [...]; elle ne saurait couvrir les besoins protéiniques de l'homme [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Elementos y compuestos químicos
  • Aditivos alimentarios
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Record 8 1996-06-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
CONT

Tillage systems need to be compared over an extended period of time to determine their transitional and long-term impacts on crop growth and soil properties. A 15-yr experiment established in 1976 compared reduced tillage systems with conventional fall moldboard plowing for production of continuous corn(Zea mays L.) on a Maryhill silt loam soil(Typic Hapludalf). [Pascal Data Base].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
OBS

Planche : Une planche est une pièce de terre plate ou peu bombée, obtenue lorsqu'on laboure avec une charrue versant toujours du même côté et travaillant par allers et retours en partant soit de l'axe médian de la pièce (labour en planche en adossant), soit de deux côtés opposés (labour en planche en refendant).

Spanish

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