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If I understand this correctly No it is self pollinated.Open pollinated is where the pollin is transfored by bees or other animals. Self pollination woul be corn where the pollin drops fron the head to the hars on th ears.
 
Sorry , but your information is incorrect.Open pollinated is where no planned breeding or human intervention is involved.It is what it is, so to speak.Hybridization can take on many different forms or methods and or crosses.

The difference between commercial or even open pollinated dent corn for that matter is that type of corn is what is refered to as dent corn(has a soft endosperm).

Popcorn is what is called flint corn (has a hard endosperm.) Flint corn can also be open pollinated.Most of the corn grown outside the United States is of the flint variety.Flint corn will pop because moisture in the hard endosperm cannot escape when the moisture inside the kernel is heated and is turned into steam.

In the case of dent corn, the moisture can escape through the kernel surface because of its soft nature. Thus it will not pop.It only dries the moisture and does not turn the moisture into steam like what happens inside a popcorn kernel.
 
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