Maize - Wikipedia
Maize / m eɪ z / (Zea mays), also known as corn in North American English, is a tall stout grass that produces cereal grain. It was domesticated by indigenous peoples in southern Mexico about 9,000 years ago from wild teosinte. Native Americans planted it alongside beans and squashes in the Three Sisters polyculture.
Corn | History, Cultivation, Uses, & Description | Britannica
2024年10月23日 · Corn is a tall annual cereal grass (Zea mays) that is widely grown for its large elongated ears of starchy seeds. The seeds, which are also known as corn, are used as food for humans and livestock and as a source of biofuel and can be processed into a wide range of useful chemicals.
Zea | Maize, Cereal & Poaceae | Britannica
Zea, genus of five species of large grasses of the family Poaceae, native to Mexico and Mesoamerica. The best-known species is corn, or maize (Zea mays mays), which was derived from one of the Mexican teosintes (likely Z. mays parviglumis) in pre-Columbian times more than 6,000 years ago.
Zea (plant) - Wikipedia
Zea is a genus of flowering plants in the grass family. The best-known species is Z. mays (variously called maize, corn, or Indian corn), one of the most important crops for human societies throughout much of the world. The four wild species are commonly known as teosintes and are native to Mesoamerica.
Zea_mays - Ensembl Genomes 60
Zea mays. Maize or Zea mays had the highest world-wide production of all grain crops in 2019. Although a food staple in many regions of the world, most is used for animal feed and ethanol fuel.
Zea mays — corn - Go Botany
Zea mays ssp. mays is a cultivated, annual grass that originated in Mexico. It is now widely planted around the world for its grain. Corn is often called maize, a Spanish corruption of one indigenous word for this plant.
Maize - Zea mays | Kew
Maize is one of the Three Sisters, a traditional indigenous American planting technique that also uses squash (Cucurbita pepo) and beans (such as Phaseolus vulgaris) to encourage the growth of a larger, more nutritious crop yield.
Life cycle of maize - Earth@Home: Evolution
2023年3月13日 · Maize (Zea mays) is grown from seed in cultivated fields as an annual crop. The process of maize development begins with a seed planted in the soil and ends with a plant that is taller than most people.
Maize morphology and anatomy - Earth@Home: Evolution
2023年1月11日 · Fixed and stained cross section of a leaf of maize (corn, Zea mays) showing three veins, each with vascular tissue surrounded by a bundle sheath. Mesophyll cells encircle the bundle sheaths.
Zea mays L. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science
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