Masara | |
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Conservation status | |
Least Concern (en) (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom | Plantae |
Order | Poales (en) |
Dangi | Poaceae (mul) |
Tribe | Andropogoneae (en) |
Genus | Zea (en) |
jinsi | Zea mays Linnaeus, 1753
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General information | |
Tsatso | Masara, corn starch (en) , corn oil (en) , corn husks (en) , maize straw (en) , corncob (en) , corn kernel (en) da corn stover (en) |
Masara (Zea mays) wani nau'in abinci[1] ne da ake sarrafawa ta hanyoyi da dama.
Ita dai masara tana da dandano me gamsarwa, sannan kuma akan gasa ta domin aci, a kan kuma surfa ta domin ayi tuwon masara[2], sannan akanyi gugguru mai sukari da mai gishiri. ana sarrafa ta ta hanyar maida ta semonvita, conflaks, custard, da kuma abincin kaji.[3]
Ana shuka masara a duk fadin duniya; ana samar da nauyin masara mafi girma a kowace shekara fiye da kowane hatsi. A cikin 2020, samar da duniya ya kai tan biliyan 1.1. Yana fama da kwari da cututtuka da yawa; manyan kwari guda biyu, masara na Turai da Tushen masara, kowannensu ya haifar da asarar shekara-shekara na dala biliyan a Amurka. Kiwon shuke-shuke na zamani ya kara yawan fitarwa da halaye kamar abinci mai gina jiki, fari da kuma hakuri ga kwari da cututtuka. Yawancin masara yanzu an canza su ta hanyar kwayar halitta.