Les populations autochtones de maïs au Mexique

The article consists of three parts. In the first one, we address the peculiarities of maize crop more generally of the culture around maize in Mexico, in order to explain the need for in situ conservation and participatory improvement of this species. The second part mentions in very general terms,...

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Main Author: Rafael Ortega Paczka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Laboratoire Éco-anthropologie et Ethnobiologie 2021-11-01
Series:Revue d'ethnoécologie
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/ethnoecologie/7183
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description The article consists of three parts. In the first one, we address the peculiarities of maize crop more generally of the culture around maize in Mexico, in order to explain the need for in situ conservation and participatory improvement of this species. The second part mentions in very general terms, what has been done in research on the diversity of maize and the main trends and issues regarding the genetic improvement of the plant. In the third section, we expose and compare different aspects of participatory maize improvement in Mexico.
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spelling doaj-art-8c9ccc0a0da94c62bad4f28e26d0236f2025-02-05T16:25:05ZengLaboratoire Éco-anthropologie et EthnobiologieRevue d'ethnoécologie2267-24192021-11-01210.4000/ethnoecologie.7183Les populations autochtones de maïs au MexiqueRafael Ortega PaczkaThe article consists of three parts. In the first one, we address the peculiarities of maize crop more generally of the culture around maize in Mexico, in order to explain the need for in situ conservation and participatory improvement of this species. The second part mentions in very general terms, what has been done in research on the diversity of maize and the main trends and issues regarding the genetic improvement of the plant. In the third section, we expose and compare different aspects of participatory maize improvement in Mexico.https://journals.openedition.org/ethnoecologie/7183Mexicoplant genetic resourcesmaize land-raceparticipatory plant breedinghistory of plant breedingmass selection
spellingShingle Rafael Ortega Paczka
Les populations autochtones de maïs au Mexique
Revue d'ethnoécologie
Mexico
plant genetic resources
maize land-race
participatory plant breeding
history of plant breeding
mass selection
title Les populations autochtones de maïs au Mexique
title_full Les populations autochtones de maïs au Mexique
title_fullStr Les populations autochtones de maïs au Mexique
title_full_unstemmed Les populations autochtones de maïs au Mexique
title_short Les populations autochtones de maïs au Mexique
title_sort les populations autochtones de mais au mexique
topic Mexico
plant genetic resources
maize land-race
participatory plant breeding
history of plant breeding
mass selection
url https://journals.openedition.org/ethnoecologie/7183
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