Lynn M. Stone / Adult Common loon (Gavida immer) vocalizing on lake, New Hampshire, USA. Non-ex.

Pal Hermansen / Colourful corn (Zea mays) seeds against white background.

Nigel Cattlin / Maize (Zea mays) seedling with roots and early leaves, above and below ground.

Nigel Cattlin / Maize (Zea mays) seedling with roots and early leaves, above and below ground.

Nigel Cattlin / Maize (Zea mays) seed germinating with radicle, root hairs and coleoptile growth.

John Cancalosi / Luhya woman winnowing corn, Kakamega forest, Kenya, July.

Phil Savoie / English oak tree (Quercus robur) in field of cultivated Maize (Zea mays) seedlings, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, May.

Phil Savoie / Field of Maize (Zea mays) seedlings, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, May.

Claudio Contreras / Corn / maize (Zea mays) plantation, Milpa Alta, Mexico, September

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Man shoveling Maize (Zea mays) corn into a pile after the corn has been shelled (removed from the cob). Commercial maize farm, Tanzania, East Africa. October 2011.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Bags of Maize (Zea mays) cobs ready for shelling. Commercial maize farm, Tanzania, East Africa.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Vervet monkey (Chlorocebus pygerythrus) eating Maize (Zea mays) corn on the cob. Commercial farm, Tanzania, East Africa. Farm workers are employed to scare the monkeys away from the crops, but some mo...

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Baby Corn (Zea mays) harvested and prepared for packing, Commercial farm, Tanzania, East Africa. October 2011.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Woman harvesting baby Corn (Zea mays) on commercial farm, field of green beans and Mount Meru visible beyond. Tanzania, East Africa. December 2010.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Women bagging Maize (Zea mays) cobs on commercial maize farm, Tanzania, East Africa. October 2011.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Numerous bags of Maize (Zea mays) cobs with woman carrying a bag on her head. Commercial maize farm, Tanzania, East Africa. October 2011.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Men throwing buckets of shelled Maize (Zea mays) corn onto a lorry. Commercial farm, Tanzania, East Africa. October 2011.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Man shoveling Maize (Zea mays) corn into a pile after the corn has been shelled (removed from the cob). Commercial farm, Tanzania, East Africa.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Women sorting Maize (Zea mays) cobs, removing rejects before the cobs are shelled. Commercial farm, Tanzania, East Africa. October 2011.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Woman carrying harvested baby Corn (Zea mays) in a bucket on her head. Commercial farm, Tanzania, East Africa. October 2011.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Woman harvesting baby Corn (Zea mays). Commercial farm, Tanzania, East Africa. October 2011.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Men bagging clean Maize (Zea mays) for sale. Commercial maize farm, Tanzania, East Africa. September 2011.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Shelled Maize (Zea mays) corn pouring out of cleaning machine. Commercial maize farm, Tanzania, East Africa. September 2011.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Workers collecting shelled Maize (Zea mays) corn pouring out of cleaning machine. Commercial maize farm, Tanzania, East Africa. September 2011.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Baby Corn (Zea mays) tasseling. Commercial farm, Tanzania, East Africa.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Men cutting down the dried stalks of harvested baby Corn (Zea mays) for cattle fodder, irrigation system visible in the background. Commercial farm, Tanzania, East Africa. September 2011. Model releas...

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Field of African maize (Zea Mays) below Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, East Africa. August 2010.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Field of African maize (Zea Mays) below Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, East Africa. August 2010.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Field of African maize (Zea Mays) below Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, East Africa. August 2010.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Field of African maize (Zea Mays) below Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, East Africa. August 2010.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / A man shoveling Maize (Zea mays) corn into a pile after the corn has been shelled (removed from the cob) by a machine. Commercial farm, Tanzania, East Africa. October 2011.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Woman harvesting Maize (Zea mays) cobs on commercial farm, Tanzania, East Africa. October 2012. Model released

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Woman holding Maize (Zea mays) cob on commercial farm, Tanzania, East Africa.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Woman harvesting Maize (Zea mays) cobs on commercial farm, Tanzania, East Africa. October 2012.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Harvested Maize (Zea mays) cobs in field. Commercial farm, Tanzania, East Africa.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Dried Maize (Zea mays) tassel, commercial farm, Tanzania, Africa.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Dried Maize (Zea mays) tassel, commercial farm, Tanzania, Africa.

Pal Hermansen / Colourful corn (Zea mays) seeds against white background.

Pal Hermansen / People inspecting Corn maize (Zea mays) during harvest, Akershus, Norway,, August 2012.

Pal Hermansen / Colourful Corn (Zea mays) seed on white background.

Pal Hermansen / Cornfield in flower (Zea mays) Akershus, Norway, August.

Pal Hermansen / Low angle view of Cornfield in flower (Zea mays) Akershus, Norway, August.

David Tipling / Aerial view of Oak (Quercus sp.) tree in field of Maize (Zea mays), Somerton, Somerset, UK, August.

Nigel Cattlin / Prototype machine for Maize / Corn (Zea mays) single pass, interrow cultivation, spraying and fertilizing crop, Switzerland. May.

Nigel Cattlin / Johnson grass (Sorghum halepense) tall, flowering weed panicles in a mature Maize (Zea mays) crop, Italy. July.

Nigel Cattlin / Corn / Maize (Zea mays) cobs stacked in a tall narrow mesh cage for feeding livestock over winter, Colmar, France, October.

Nigel Cattlin / Two farmer workers using tractor and farm machinery to stack huge amounts of Corn/ Maize (Zea mays) cobs in a cage for feeding livestock over winter, Colmar, France. October.

Nigel Cattlin / Maize / Corn (Zea mays) seedling with coleoptile/spike and developing leaves.

Nigel Cattlin / Maize eyespot (Kabatiella zeae) fungal disease infection and lesions on Maize / Corn (Zea mays) leaves on a maturing plant, Illinois, USA.

Nigel Cattlin / Goss's bacterial wilt (Clavibacter michiganensis) severe necroses lesions of upper leaves on Maize / Corn (Zea mays) plant, USA.

Nigel Cattlin / Goss's bacterial wilt (Clavibacter michiganensis) severe necroses lesions of upper leaves on Maize / Corn (Zea mays) plant, USA.

Nigel Cattlin / Stewart's wilt (Pantoea stewartii) necrotic longitudinal lesions on the leaves of mature Maize / Corn (Zea mays) crop, USA.

Nigel Cattlin / Maize / Corn smut (Ustilago maydis) swollen, distorted kernels with dark smut spores forming tumours on the corn (Zea mays) cob, USA.

Nigel Cattlin / Downy mildew (Peronosclerospora sorghi) infection symptoms on the upper leaves of Maize / Corn (Zea mays) plant, USA.

Nigel Cattlin / Straight rows of young maize or corn crop (Zea mays) on light sandy soil in the Champagne Region, France.

Nigel Cattlin / Cob of maize or corn (Zea mays) exposed to show the kernels with the husks or ear leaves drawn back, Greece

Phil Savoie / Bicolour corn (Zea mays) aka Maize 'Sugar and Butter' variety, Massachusetts, USA June

John Cancalosi / Luhya woman winnowing corn. Kakamega forest, Kenya. 2017.

Niall Benvie / Sweetcorn (Zea mays) drying out, Bohinjska Cesnica, Slovenia, October.

Nigel Cattlin / Young maize or corn (Zea mays) crop foraged for silage for livestock feed on bright summer day, Devon, July

Nigel Cattlin / Exposed ripe cob of sweetcorn (Zea mays) cut across to show structure and attachment of kernels, Berkshire, England, UK, September,

Nigel Cattlin / Exposed ripe cob of sweetcorn (Zea mays) cut across to show structure and attachment of kernels, Berkshire, England, UK, September,

Nigel Cattlin / Partly exposed kernels on a ripe cob of sweet corn (Zea mays) grown in a vegetable garden, Berkshire, England, UK, September,

Nigel Cattlin / Poorly and unevenly pollinated exposed kernels on a ripe cob of sweet corn (Zea mays), undeveloped and partly fertilized, Berkshire, England, UK, September,

Nigel Cattlin / Exposed mature Exposed kernels on a ripe cob of sweet corn (Zea mays) grown in a vegetable garden, Berkshire, England, UK, September,

Nigel Cattlin / Exposed mature Exposed kernels on a ripe cob of sweet corn (Zea mays) grown in a vegetable garden, Berkshire, England, UK, September,

Nigel Cattlin / Exposed mature Exposed kernels on a ripe cob of sweet corn (Zea mays) grown in a vegetable garden, Berkshire, England, UK, September,

Nigel Cattlin / Deformed Sweet corn (Zea mays) tassel ear that has produced kernels which are not protected by a husk, the plant also produces a normal cob. Berkshire, England, UK, August.

Nigel Cattlin / Sweetcorn or corn (Zea mays) silk exposed above the husk on the cob shrivelled and brown after fertilization from wind blown pollen. Berkshire, England, UK, August.

Nigel Cattlin / Sweetcorn or corn (Zea mays) silk exposed above the husk on the cob and receptive to wind dispersed pollen from the male tassels. Berkshire, England, UK, August.

Nigel Cattlin / Sweetcorn or corn (Zea mays) open male flowering tassels with anthers exposed and shedding pollen, Berkshire, England, UK, August

Nigel Cattlin / Sweetcorn or corn (Zea mays) open male flowering tassels with anthers exposed and shedding pollen, Berkshire, England, UK, August

Nigel Cattlin / A cob of forage maize or corn (Zea mays) severely damaged by feeding birds