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Also Known As maize • Indian corn • Zea mays

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Milpa farming
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Genetically engineered corn (maize)
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Polenta
Arepa
The corn chronicles: Why popcorn is so popular
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Edward Murray East
American scientist
Kim Soon-Kwon
South Korean agricultural scientist
Donald Forsha Jones
American agronomist
John Lorain
American agriculturalist
McClintock, Barbara
Barbara McClintock
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Elvin Charles Stakman
American plant pathologist
George Harrison Shull
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