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Mangelsdorf was known internationally for his research on the origins and breeding of corn. The inexpensive seed corn he developed is used widely now in the American Southwest and Latin America...
Mangelsdorf retired from Harvard in 1968, but continued his botany research, working on crosspollination experiments with corn and holding a retirement professorship at the University of North Carolina...
During this time "he developed methods for breeding corn that had been used until about 10 years ago," according to Solbrig. The research was the basis of a recommendation that helped Mexico triple its corn production and boost fivefold its wheat output...
...addition to numerous articles published throughout his career, Mangelsdorf wrote Corn: Its Origin, Evolution, and Improvement, which observers hailed as a landmark work on one of the world's most important grains...
...that had been attached to the now severed wings; the tail, including a few rear seats. As rescue crews swung into action, they were startled by the sight of passengers emerging from the smoking rubble and walking away from the wreck into the field of 7-ft.-tall corn...