Notes on the Origin and Development of Zea Mays

Author

Martin William Fleck

Publication Date

6-3-1939

Abstract

A combination of many and varied circumstances gives an unusual interest to the origin and natural relationships of Zea mays, although investigation of this sort does not always have an immediate utilitarian objective. But, this type of investigation must of necessity project itself into the remote, and sometimes obscure, past where attention becomes focused on many moot questions. Such intriguing problems as the relative antiquity of agriculture in the Old World, the length of time requisite for the development of maize as a human food stuff, and new ideas concerning techniques of aboriginal agriculture may perhaps be solved by information brought into the light of scientific deduction.

Language

English

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Biology

Level of Degree

Masters

Department Name

UNM Biology Department

First Committee Member (Chair)

E.F. Castetter

Second Committee Member

W.H. Bell

Third Committee Member

Donald D Brand

Recommended Citation

Fleck, Martin William. "Notes on the Origin and Development of Zea Mays." (1939). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/biol_etds/161