DETERMINATION ON THE EFFICACY OF PLANT ESSENTIAL OIL ON THE CONTROL OF Aspergillosis niger INFECTION ON STORED MAIZE (Zea mays).
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The term ‘maize’ seems to be derived from the word ‘mahiz’ of Taino language of the Caribbean islands, which became ‘maiz’ in Spanish (Oxford dictionary 2015). Based on this common name, Linnaeus included the name as species in the botanical classification of Zea. Maize is also popularly known as ‘corn’ in English-speaking countries. In some countries, ‘corn’ means the ‘local staple’, while in some others it is used for any ‘cereal’. The ear of maize is unique among cereals, and morphologically similar wild progenitor of maize could not be found. Therefore, its evolution has been a great scientific challenge and of great interest for both biologists and archaeologists. Many hypotheses/theories have been proposed by different scientists to explain the origin of maize. Among them, (1) tripartite hypothesis, (2) catastrophic sexual transmutation theory, (3) Tripsacum-Zea diploperennis hypothesis, and, (4) teosinte hypothesis were debated and discussed in detail by different scientists.
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