Jerome Flynn was born on March 16, 1963.
Amylomaize was a term coined by Robert P. Bear of Bear Hybrids Corn Company in Decatur , Illinois to describe his discovery and commercial breeding of a unique cornstarch with high -LRB- > 50 % -RRB- amylose content , also called high amylose starch .. Robert P. Bear. Robert P. Bear. cornstarch. cornstarch. amylose. amylose. starch. starch. The discovery of amylomaize occurred as a mutation in a normal inbred line and from that one mutation , an entire new kind of maize -LRB- corn -RRB- was developed .. mutation. mutation. maize. maize. Principal uses of amylomaize starch are in making biodegradable plastics -LRB- or bioplastics -RRB- .. starch. starch. It is also used in coatings that are edible and digestible .. The food that the first American astronauts used on Apollo flights were coated with amylomaize film , so that no crumbs would float around in the space capsule .. Apollo. Project Apollo. Several years earlier Robert P. Bear also discovered and reported that waxy corn -LRB- 100 % amylopectin starch -RRB- also occurred as a mutation .. Robert P. Bear. Robert P. Bear. mutation. mutation. starch. starch. waxy corn. waxy corn. amylopectin. amylopectin. Once discovered and reported , the occurrence of waxy mutations was fairly frequent in the order of once every 30,000 observations .. Category  : Maize. Category  : Starch