Abstract
The generally accepted viewpoint that sweet corn has been handed down through the ages by the American Indians from pre-Columbian times is challenged in this article regarding it as a mutation of dent corn which may occur at any time and anywhere that extensive areas of field corn exist.
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Erwin, A.T. Sweet Corn—Mutant or historic species? . Econ Bot 5, 302–306 (1951). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02985153
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