Maize
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- Maize is high yielding, easy to process, readily digested, and costs less than other cereals.
- 68% of the land devoted to maize is located in the developing world, however only 46% of maize production occurs there, indicating the need for improving yields in developing countries where it is a major source of direct human consumption for many of the poor (7).
- Maize is an important food in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and parts of the former Soviet Union.
- Maize is similar to teosinte in that it is a quick growing annual with C4-type photosynthesis, giving it the ability to grow well in bright sunlight with limited water, and it has unisexual inflorescences: the tassel (male) and the ear (female).
- Knowledge related to the origins of maize is largely due to the efforts of Richard MacNeish.
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