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 |