Nick Routledge@AgrarianSharing

As a strongly outcrossing, double-fertilizing angiosperm, corn (Zea mays) responds very rapidly to selective breeding approaches. Here, ASN's Chris Homanics describes what he looks for when selecting for positive traits in a modern PNW composite field corn.youtu.be/nNfyBalBYzw

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Quoted byThe art of authentic belonging - settling in well to the genius of a particularized habitat - calls for an endless, co-creative adventure. Today, shucking field corn and, in the same breath, selecting kernels for further adaptation. Which traits and combinations beautifully fit?