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Corn Growth eHow Science Fair ProjectsCultivate your own corn growth ehow science fair projects and you can win your school science fair.
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Science Fair Projects Ideas & Experiments :: ChemistryCorny science fair projects examine healthy growing practices...
Corn growth ehow science fair projects begins at organic fertilizer ehow science fair projects. Name: Jacob RESEARCH REPORTIntroduction Corn is one of the world’s most important crops for people and animals because it is very rich in starch, which provides the body with energy. Also corn gives the body fats and protein. Farmers use corn to feed some of their livestock. It is used in making many things we use today such as medicine, foods, paper goods and so on. Corn (Zea Mays) Corn has a green hollow stem ranging from sixty cm to six meters (depending on the type) the leaves are long and narrow. The color of the stem ranges from light green to dark green. The husk is a white silky color and the kernels inside are usually yellow but can be different colors (depending on type of corn. ) Dent corn Dent corn gets its name from a dent in the kernel. It is the most popular corn in the world. The dent is from the starch drying and shrinking. Millions of tons of grain are made from dent corn, which is used to feed humans and livestock. Pests and Diseases of corn Wire worms are one of many pests to corn. They are a brownish yellow worm that often gets mistaken for meal worms. They are a pest to corn because they live in the soil for 1 to 3 years and eat the seed and roots of germinating corn. Wire worms are usually found in old alfalfa fields that are used to plant corn. Seed rot is a corn disease that the causes the corn to rot before it germinates. Damping off causes the corn seed to die a little bit after the corn seed emerges. Needs Corn can be used for many things, from food to natural hygiene items. Some of the foods that are made are corn flakes, corn meal, corn oil, corn syrup, and corn starch. Also, it can make other products that we use often today such as soaps, film for cameras, antifreeze, and alcohol. Corn alcohol is often mixed into gasoline. Fertilizer Definition “Fertilizer is a substance that is added to soil to help plants grow. Farmers use various kinds of fertilizers to help produce abundant crops. Home gardeners use fertilizers to raise large, healthy flowers and vegetables. Landscapers spread fertilizers on lawns and golf courses to help grow, thick, green grass. ” World Book Encyclopedia. There are three main components in fertilizer they are nitrogen, potassium, and phosphorus. Synthetic Fertilizer Synthetic fertilizer is the most widely used fertilizer in the world. It is water-soluble and provides a quick boost of growth. If you apply too much synthetic fertilizer you can kill your plants. Synthetic fertilizer has advantages in the spring because if it is applied as a liquid, it can still go into cold soil. The strength of the components in fertilizer are usually listed on the container. Since the three main components in fertilizer are nitrogen, potassium, and phosphorus, a fertilizer listed as 16-16-16 would have 16% of each component. Another fertilizer with 40-5-0 would have 40% nitrogen, 5% potassium, and no phosphorus. Natural Fertilizer Natural fertilizers are manure, sludge, guano, or dead or rotten organic materials. Natural fertilizers have less nutrients than synthetic fertilizers do, but natural fertilizers help keep the soil moisturized. Manure is the most important of the organic fertilizers because it’s a mix of liquid and solid animal waste. What Fertilizer Is Used For Fertilizer is used for making plants grow faster and more healthy. Fertilizer can be made by chemicals or by manure and other natural materials. You need fertilizer if your plants need a boost of growth in a short amount of time. Plants Importance of Plant Without plants humans couldn’t live. For one reason, plants provide oxygen and food. The plants are what animals eat, and humans eat some of the animals. Also, we live in houses that you use trees to make, and some of our clothes are made of cotton, which come from the cotton plant. Agriculture Agriculture is farming and other jobs that have to do with raising plants and animals. It provides humans with almost all the food in the world. It is one of the oldest industries. Before agriculture started every one had to hunt and gather food for themselves. Summary Corn is used to make many things we eat and use to cook such as corn flakes, corn meal, corn oil, corn syrup, and corn starch. Also, corn makes thing a lot of people use in their daily lives like soaps, film for cameras, antifreeze, and alcohol. Corn alcohol is often mixed into gasoline. Fertilizer helps plants grow big and strong with lots of nutrients. It helps plants grow faster, like corn for. There are two types of fertilizers they are called natural and synthetic fertilizer. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSI would like to thank the following people for helping make my project possible:
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