Mutant corn at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (IMAGE)

University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences

Mutant corn at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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A USDA ARS employee displays “John Deere corn,” named for the green coloration in the kernel’s aleurone layer. It is just one of thousands of maize mutants held by the ARS on the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus to preserve the full array of genomic diversity in the crop.

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Lauren Quinn, College of ACES

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