The origin of corn

Corn and Corn Improvement: Third Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 1-31

  Galinat, Walton C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Corn product; Corn progenitor; Domestication; Flowering time; Isolating mechanism; Reproductive isolation; Teosinte

Indexed keywords

EID: 85102539619     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2134/agronmonogr18.3ed.c1     Document Type: Chapter

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