#i think ive posted UV Light Corn(Tm) on this blog before

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that is the most horrifying piece of corn i have ever seen. i'm shook

honestly the mutants of maize (1968) as a whole is a book that haunts me. when you see it in person its this super thin book, pretty old (apparently theres an updated 1997 version???? might have to seek that out for nightmare corn purposes) but it just….gets me, man. like to be fair asynaptic gore corn is probably the most nightmare-inducing shit in there, but idk man it’s just……ominous. maybe its just bc ive grown up around corn so seeing it messed up is particularly disturbing, but like. heres some more stuff from the online edition, put in picture/accompanying caption format for quality (i cant find an open source link unfortunately, im accessing this from my uni’s database): 

^^ CAPTION: (Chromosome 2) 56 sk— SILKLESS— Pistils abort; no silks produced.

^^ CAPTION: (Chromosome 3) 31 Cg — CORN GRASS— Narrow leaves, extreme tillering, poorly defined ears and tassel.

^^ CAPTION: (Chromosome 4) (60) Ia — LAZY — Prostrate growth habit begins after 12 to 18 inches of normal growth. In photo 19–lb force required to raise stalk from prone position. (SIDE NOTE: i’ve seen this one in person before back when i worked at a corn research place. i know it sounds like an Actual Joke, but trust me. this is real and an accurate description of it)

^^ CAPTION: (Chromosome 6) (0) rgd — RAGGED— First leaves composed of narrow strips of disconnected tissue; seedling not able to emerge without help (E. G. Anderson).

^^ CAPTION: (Chromosome 6) 58 sm — SALMON SILK— Silks are salmon color with prr; brown with p. (Courtesy M. M. Rhoades).

^^ CAPTION: (Chromosome 6) (59) Pt — POLYTYPIC— Proliferation of pistillate tissue to produce a mixture of amorphous and silky growth on ear.

^^ CAPTION: (Chromosome 7) (112) Pn — PAPYRESCENT GLUMES— Long thin papery glumes on both tassel and ear. Kernels often covered.

^^ CAPTION: (Chromosome 9) 134 Bt1 — BLUE FLUORESCENT— Plant tissues contain anthranilic acid derivatives, which fluoresce blue under UV light. May be detected by odor. Recessive in seedlings; dominant in anthers. Picture shows seedling leaves under ultraviolet light. Bt1 leaf on right.

^^ CAPTION: (Chromosome 10) l1 — LUTEUS— Produces uniform yellow pigment in leaves of white seedlings resulting from a number of chlorophyll mutants or white tissue due to j1. ij, etc. Seedlings shown are W w w L1, and w w l1 l1.

^^ CAPTION: (Chromosome 1 only) D8— DOMINANT DWARF—Similar to d1 (3–18); does not respond to gibberellins (E. G. Anderson).

so anyway this book contains many of my sleep paralysis demons. 10/10