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Sweet corn (Zea mays convar. saccharata var. rugosa), also called sweetcorn, sugar corn and pole corn, is a variety of maize grown for human consumption with a relatively high sugar content.

Sweet corn - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Variety of corn Sweet corn Husked sweet corn Species Zea mays convar. saccharata var. rugosa Origin United States Sweet corn ( Zea mays convar. saccharata var. rugosa ), [ 1 ] also called sweetcorn , sugar corn and pole corn , is a variety of corn ( maize ) grown for human consumption with a relatively high sugar content. Sweet corn is the result of a naturally occurring recessive mutation in the genes which control conversion of sugar to starch inside the endosperm of the corn kernel. Sweet corn is picked whe

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