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Table 3 Comparison for cultivar attributes between historical data and 2004 survey. Most frequent answers are given from the survey. Modern spelling was followed. Cases of disagreement are indicated in bold letter type. Abbreviations: C = cold; H = hot; T = temperate; W = warm; LF&B = LaFarge and Byers [36]; S = Stadelman [23].

From: Changes in farmers' knowledge of maize diversity in highland Guatemala, 1927/37-2004

 

Climate adaptation

Grain colour

Maturity (months)

 

Survey

S

LF&B

Survey

S + LF&B

Survey

S

Chimbo (14)

T

W

H

-

-

3.7

6

Cuarentano (22)

H

W

-

White

-

2.1

4

k'ej sat (6)

H

C

T

Black

Black

7.1

9

k'ejti' (20)

C

C

-

Yellow

Yellow

8.0

9

k'ejti' txitam wah (25)

T

-

-

Black

Black

7.6

 

k'ej wah (1)

H/T

C

C

Yellow

Yellow

7.5

9

kok k'ej wah (4)

C

C

-

Yellow

Yellow

6.8

9

nimej k'ejwah (2)

H/T

C

-

Black

Yellow

7.4

9

nimej q'anb'aw (13)

-

C

-

Yellow

Yellow

4.1

 

oxeb' x'ahaw (11)

H

W

H

White

Yellow

2.6

4

Pantaleón (24)

H

W

-

White

-

3.8

6

papa k'ejwah (3)

C

C

-

Spotted

-

6.8

9

q'an b'aw (12)

T

W

-

Yellow

Yellow

5.9

8

q'an nhal (7)

T

W

T

Yellow

White

6.5

8

q'an tewah (16)

H

W

-

Yellow

-

6.7

9.5

q'an wah (18)

H

C

-

Yellow

-

3.2

6

saj nhal (8)

H/T

C

T

Spotted

White

6.2

9

saj poh (21)

H

W

-

White

-

4.3

8

Tejar (23)

H

W

-

White

White

3.7

4

tewah (15)

H

W

-

White

-

6.0

9.5

txilitx wah (5)

C

C

C

Yellow

Yellow/White

8.8

6

tz'ib' sat (9)

T

W

T

Spotted

-

4.6

8

tz'ib' sat saj nhal (10)

T

C

T

Spotted

Spotted

6.9

9

xhamaltin (19)

C

C

-

Spotted

Spotted

5.5

9