1. Corn, or maize, known scientifically as Zea mays , had been established as the first American crop. 2. No indications of these characters in any recorded form of Zea mays had thus far been found. 3. Zea mays samples from Cueva San Marcos and from Cueva Coxcatlan in Tehuacan neighborhood had been tested.4. The flowers of " Zea mays " are monoecious, and are born in separate parts of the plant. 5. The larvae have been recorded feeding on " Zea mays ", as well as Gramineae, Leguminosae and Polygonaceae species. 6. As the plant is a distant relative of corn, it shares common subtribes with the " Zea mays " corn species. 7. One of the most enduring legacies of the Spanish colonial era lives on, quite literally in Tumauini, corn ( Zea mays ). 8. Barbara McClintock discovered the first TEs in maize ( " Zea mays " ) at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in New York. 9. The larvae are a pest of " Saccharum " species as well as several grain crops such as sorghum and " Zea mays ". 10. "' Chicha morada "'is a sweet Peruvian beverage made from purple corn, a variant of " Zea mays " native to the Mesoamerica, and spices.
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