Corn crops Mexico

While GE plants currently grown in California do not have an opportunity to interbreed with wild species, some of the California crops are exported widely and could possibly end up in environments where there are sexually compatible species. Mexico, for example, imports several million tons of corn from the United States each year. 

As I continue through the beds, pulling weeds, I recall a trip I took with a friend to Oaxaca, Mexico. We traveled through rainforests rich with diversity of tree ferns, cycads, pipers, aroids, bromeliads, and orchids. We also traveled through small villages where farmers practiced subsistence agriculture. They cultivated a diversity of modern corn varieties, as well as traditional landraces—crops selected for their adaptations to specific locations and their culinary characteristics. Often landraces... 

The nutritional history of niacin is unusually colorful and involves Italy, Mexico, and the American South. The documentation of niacin deficiency seems to have started a long time ago, when com was brought to Spain by Columbus, Com is distinguished as being iow in niacin. The introduction of corn to Europe resulted in its widespread cultivation it replaced rye as a major crop. Com became popular... 

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