Maize Diversity (IMAGE)

American Society of Agronomy

Maize Diversity

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To increase the genetic diversity of US corn, the Germplasm Enhancement for Maize (GEM) project seeks to combine exotic germplasm, such as this unusually colored and shaped maize from Latin America, with domestic corn lines.

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Keith Weller, USDA-ARS.

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