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Hybrid corn

Recorded year1933

Hybrid seed raises US maize yields severalfold over the following decades.

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Built on

Mendel rediscoveredRecorded · 1900enables

Led to

High-fructose corn syrupRecorded · 1967enables
Plant-based plasticsRecorded · 2002enables

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Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.