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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://mastodon.online/users/sarahtaber/statuses/112074060459461351">Sarah Taber (sarahtaber@mastodon.online)'s status on Monday, 11-Mar-2024 10:24:48 JST</a><a href="https://mastodon.online/@sarahtaber" title="sarahtaber@mastodon.online"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/34682-48-20221121142350.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Sarah Taber" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Sarah Taber</a><div><a href="https://mastodon.online/@sarahtaber/112074056587538750" rel="in-reply-to">in reply to</a></div></section><article><p>Here's one to start: most corn varieties can be popped. But there are breeding programs to create corn varieties just for popcorn.</p><p>What makes a good popcorn? Flavor, high % of kernels that pop quickly, &amp; popping into a round "mushroom" shape (left). </p><p><a href="https://www.cals.iastate.edu/news/2020/retired-popcorn-breeder-keeps-poppin" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.cals.iastate.edu/news/2020/retired-popcorn-breeder-keeps-poppin</a></p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/2811863#notice-5578154">In conversation</a><time datetime="2024-03-11T10:24:48+09:00" title="Monday, 11-Mar-2024 10:24:48 JST">about 9 months ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://mastodon.online/@sarahtaber/112074060459461351" rel="external" title="Sent from mastodon.online via ActivityPub">mastodon.online</a></span></span><a href="https://mastodon.online/@sarahtaber/112074060459461351">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/2361125">Photo of two pieces of popcorn taken on a white background. The one on the left is more or less spherical; the one on the right is shaped more like a star or octopus with a small round central pieces and a few "arms" coming off the central piece.</a></label><br><a href="https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/112/074/058/061/143/061/original/9acf008da84dc146.png" rel="external">https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/112/074/058/061/143/061/original/9acf008da84dc146.png</a></li><li><article><header><div>Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: www.cals.iastate.edu</div><h5><a href="https://www.cals.iastate.edu/news/2020/retired-popcorn-breeder-keeps-poppin">Retired popcorn breeder keeps on poppin'</a></h5><div></div></header><div>Ken Ziegler served as Iowa State University’s Iowa Corn Yield Test Program leader and developed and became the university’s Popcorn Breeding Program project leader from 1977 until his retirement in 2004. Following retirement, he continued breeding and popping popcorn to improve its overall quality.</div><footer></footer></article></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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Sarah Taber (sarahtaber@mastodon.online)'s status on Monday, 11-Mar-2024 10:24:48 JST Sarah Taber
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Here's one to start: most corn varieties can be popped. But there are breeding programs to create corn varieties just for popcorn.
What makes a good popcorn? Flavor, high % of kernels that pop quickly, & popping into a round "mushroom" shape (left).
https://www.cals.iastate.edu/news/2020/retired-popcorn-breeder-keeps-poppin
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  Retired popcorn breeder keeps on poppin'
  Ken Ziegler served as Iowa State University’s Iowa Corn Yield Test Program leader and developed and became the university’s Popcorn Breeding Program project leader from 1977 until his retirement in 2004. Following retirement, he continued breeding and popping popcorn to improve its overall quality.

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