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Definition of Teosintes

Teosinte
Teosinte Te`o*sin"te, n. (Bot.) A large grass (Euchl[ae]na luxurians) closely related to maize. It is native of Mexico and Central America, but is now cultivated for fodder in the Southern United States and in many warm countries. Called also Guatemala grass.

Meaning of Teosintes from wikipedia

- mexicana, Z. m. parviglumis (Balsas teosinte, the ancestor of maize), and Z. m. mays. The first three subspecies are teosintes; the last is maize, or corn, the...
- the domesticated variant of the four species of teosintes, which are its crop wild relatives. The teosinte origin theory was proposed by the Russian botanist...
- Look up teosinte in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Teosintes are several wild species of gr**** in the genus Zea which are critical components of maize...
- diploperennis, the diploperennial teosinte, is a species of gr**** (family: Poaceae) in the genus Zea and a teosinte (wild relative of maize or corn)....
- Zea perennis, the perennial teosinte, is a true gr**** species in the genus Zea and a teosinte. It is one of the two perennial species in the genus Zea...
- forms galls on all above-ground parts of corn species such as maize and teosinte. The infected corn is edible; in Mexico, it is considered a delicacy, called...
- ago, and was independently domesticated in Eurasia. In Mesoamerica, wild teosinte was bred into maize (corn) from 10,000 to 6,000 years ago. The horse was...
- artificial selection, as with the domestication and breeding of maize from wild teosinte gr****es in the valleys of southern Mexico. Numerous such agricultural products...
- two decades examining the genetic differences and similarities between teosinte and maize and has cloned the major genes that cause the visible differences...
- beyond ripening Brining Corn **** – Fungal plant disease on maize and teosinte Curing (food preservation) Fermentation in winemaking – Wine making process...