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ZEA MAYS VAR SACCHARATA [1 record]

Record 1 2016-01-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
  • Grain Growing
  • Vegetable Crop Production
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A variety of corn used as table corn having a high sugar content and used as table corn and as a processed food.

OBS

Grain food product.

OBS

sweet corn; sugar maize: terms standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Culture des céréales
  • Production légumière
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
CONT

Le maïs doux (ou sucré) s'achète frais, en épis, de juillet à octobre. Ses grains sont plus clairs, avec un épi plus grand.

OBS

Zea mays Linnaeus, var. saccharata (Sturtevant) L.H. Bailey.

OBS

Céréales grains.

OBS

maïs sucré; maïs doux : termes normalisés par l'ISO.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Botánica
  • Cultivo de cereales
  • Producción hortícola
Entrada(s) universal(es)
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