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El origen del maiz: El grano de la humanidad

The origin of maize: Grain of humanity

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Distinguished Economic Botanist Address. June 24, 1994, 35th Annual Meeting of the Society for Economic Botany Mexico City, Mexico).

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Galinat, W.C. El origen del maiz: El grano de la humanidad. Econ Bot 49, 3–12 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02862270

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