teosinte

Corn, for instance, was developed from teosinte, a grass with multiple stalks and kernels hard enough to crack teeth.

The history of maize begins with its wild ancestor, teosinte. Teosinte bears little resemblance to the corn eaten today: Its cobs are tiny and its few kernels are protected by a nearly impenetrable outer casing.

It was first cultivated as a wild grass named teosinte about 7000 years ago in Central Mexico.

Studies on the evolution of maize shoot architecture from its ancestor teosinte identified a branching gene (teosinte branched 1, tbl) that inhibits axillary bud outgrowth (Doebley et al., 1997).

Traditional grains such as amaranth, teosinte, wild rice, and different types of corn are rediscovered, and the book offers a bounty of recipes centered on indigenous varieties of beans, seeds, berries, herbs, spices, and edible wildflowers.

Kumar B, Dhaliwal SS, Singh ST, Lamba JS, Ram H (2015) Herbage production, nutritional composition and quality of teosinte under Fe fertilization.

Cytological studies of maize (Zea mays L.) and Teosinte (Zea mexicana Schrade Kuntze) in relation to their origin and evolution.

The center of origin is believed to be the Mesoamerica region, at least 7000 years ago when it was grown as a wild grass called teosinte in the Mexican highlands [4].

(33) they performed QTL analysis and identified a QTL gene, SCM3, responsible for high SM in Chugoku 117, as the rice TEOSINTE BRANCHED 1 (OsTB1), which encodes a TCP domain-bearing transcription factor previously reported to control tiller number.