HORTICULTURE SCIENCE
GENERAL AGRICULTURE
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Question
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Corn was first domesticated in
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the Tibetan Plateau
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the Canadian Prairie.
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Central Mexico
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Northern Argentina.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -It is certain that maize was originally domesticated in Mexico from a wild plant called “teosinte, ‘’ and genetic studies of modern populations of teosinte and maize suggested this event occurred somewhere in the Central Balsas Valley region of tropical southwest Mexico.
Detailed explanation-2: -An interesting kernel of truth is that most scientists and historians believe the people who lived in central Mexico were the first to develop corn about 5000 to 7000 years ago. It all started from a wild grass named teosinte.
Detailed explanation-3: -Corn (Maize) One of the most ancient crops of the Americas, corn was domesticated by Olmec and Mayan peoples in Mexico some 10, 000 years ago.
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