3427 x 5120 px | 29 x 43,3 cm | 11,4 x 17,1 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
6 novembre 2008
Ubicazione:
Central Latin America Mesoamerica Chichicastenango El Quiché department Guatemala
Altre informazioni:
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: Maize, known as corn in some countries, is a cereal grain domesticated in Mesoamerica and subsequently spread throughout the American continents. After European contact with the Americas in the late 15th and early 16th century, maize spread to the rest of the world. Maize is the most widely grown crop in the Americas (332 million tonnes annually in the United States alone). Hybrid maize, due to its high grain yield as a result of heterosis ("hybrid vigor"), is preferred by farmers over conventional varieties. While some maize varieties grow up to 7 metres (23 ft) tall, most commercially grown maize has been bred for a standardized height of 2.5 metres (8 ft). Sweet corn is usually shorter than field-corn varieties.
