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Biology ETDs
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