Preventing GMO Contamination in Your Open-Pollinated Corn
Fuente – SEED SAVERS Corn (Zea mays) is what we around here consider a ‘promiscuous pollinator.’ That’s because it is an outcrossing, wind-pollinated crop. Each corn plant has both male and female flowers; the pollen-producing tassels at the top of the plant are the male flowers, while each ear is an inflorescence of female flowers, …