# How corn conquered the world

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED-Ed
- Speaker: Chris A. Kniesly
- Year: 2019
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Biology, Medicine and health, Earth and environment, Economics, History, Teaching and learning
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/chris_a_kniesly_how_corn_conquered_the_world)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Corn currently accounts for more than one tenth of our global crop production. And over 99% of cultivated corn is the exact same type: Yellow Dent #2. This means that humans grow more Yellow Dent #2 than any other plant on the planet. So how did this single variety of this single plant become the biggest success story in agricultural history? Chris Kniesly investigates the rise of this wonder-crop. \[Directed by Artrake Studio, narrated by Addison Anderson\].

## Lectures

1. [How corn conquered the world](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/chris_a_kniesly_how_corn_conquered_the_world/e7e67c0646f7), 5 min (TED's player)