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  • Common name - corn / maize
  • Family - Poaceae or Gramineae
  • Subfamily - Panicoideae
  • Tribe - Maydeae
  • Genus - Zea
  • Species - Zea mays
  • *2005 World Production - 693,985,600 Mt
  • *2005 World Harvest - 146,740,889 Ha
  • **Genome size - 2,300-2,700 Mb
  • Chromosome number - 10
  • 2n = 20
  • Photosynthetic pathway - C4
Photo by Molly Fogleman

* Data obtained from FAOSTAT 2006
**Arumuganathan, K., and E. Earle, 1991. "Nuclear DNA Content of Some Important Plant Species." Plant Molecular Biology Reporter, v9, 208-218. (Gramene Reference ID 8392)