Materials used in cob include mud, straw and earth.
Several similarities were found when comparing the properties of these materials, in particular between the corn cob and the cork, which suggests that the corn cob may be used as a raw material to process thermal insulating products, light partition walls, ceiling coating, indoor doors and furniture, among other possible applications.
Such materials were historically used in the construction of houses and farm buildings, typically in cob walls and for thatching roofs.
In England, people are still living in cob houses built before Shakespeare was born.
These results suggest that a common mechanism affects both pericarp and cob glumes pigmentation; albeit the suppression of pigmentation in cob glumes is usually more pronounced.
Genetic distance explained the greatest amount of variance in cob weight and total kernel weight, while inbred phenotype explained the greatest amount of variance in cob diameter.
Three peaks could also be detected in COB ; the major hotspot encompasses the last exon of COB but peaks in the intergenic region downstream of the gene.
Taken together, these results show that cob glumes from pr1; P1 plants accumulate apiforol whereas luteoforol accumulates in cob glumes of Pr1; P1 plants.
Note: a: RM represents the raw material of corn cob residue, while Neutral, Acidic, Alkaline, and Ethanol represent corn cob residue treated with sulfite in neutral, acidic, alkaline, and ethanol environments, respectively.
— "If You're Thinking of Living in: Cos Cob," in the Sunday Times.
