Species #1

Scientific Name: Zeamays

Common Name: Corn

Family: Poaceae

Corn is used in many food that we eat. There are economic benefits of improved soil quality with soil rotation (changing from one crop to a different crop after harvest) therefore you get higher yields.

Ethanol is produced from corn as a biomass through industrial fermentation, chemical processing and distillation. Ethanol is used as an alternative gasoline and petroleum. Greenhouse gas is released during ethanol production but is recaptured as a nutrient to the crops that are used in production.

I believe that corn is a domesticated species because corn is all around us in so many food that we eat.