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Biotechnology in Maize Improvement

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Maize

Part of the book series: Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry ((AGRICULTURE,volume 25))

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Abstract

Maize (Zea mays L.), along with rice and wheat, is one of the most important cereal crops, being used both as human food and animal feed. It apparently originated in Mexico, the oldest archeological record (7000 years) being found in the Tehuacan valley, then spread to the Americas, Europe and Asia (Benson and Pearce 1987). Now it is being grown throughout the whole world (Table 1).

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Bajaj, Y.P.S. (1994). Biotechnology in Maize Improvement. In: Bajaj, Y.P.S. (eds) Maize. Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry, vol 25. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-57968-4_1

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