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Essex Scientists Study Maize- Growing: Dr Neil Baker and Dr Steve Long of Essex University's biology department have received a16, 000 grant from the Agricultural Research Council to study the problems of growing maize in Britain. They have designed special equipment which willthem to look inside the plant while it is growing, simulate sunlight and observe the effects of cold n the plant. Cold in a particular problem Britain, reducing the crop yield to an uneconomic level. Leaf samples killed by a cold shock will be sent to the university of Leeds for analysis. In the later stages of its Three-year length the project will also study varieties of maize grown in high altitude regions of others parts of the world. Picture Shows: Greenhouse technician Sue Corbett attending the experiment

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