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MAIZE (Zea Mays L.), or ‘‘corn as it is known throughout North America and so called throughout this article, is by far the largest crop grown in the United States, having many different uses ranging from animal food, a basis for the manufacture of nylon, to its use as table sweet corn. It is therefore not surprising that much time and money are spent investigating the corn plant. In addition to its economic importance, corn possesses a number of properties making it useful experimental material for cytologists, geneticists, plant breeders, and for evolutionists interested in the origins of cultivated plants. Some aspects of the genetic and breeding problems now attracting attention and an indication of lines of approach for solving them will give a brief indication of current work with this plant in the United States.
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HASKELL, G. Corn (Zea mays L.) Genetics in the United States. Nature 161, 42–44 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/161042a0
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