Which adaptive strategy enabled maize cultivation expansion within Pre-Columbian Americas' diverse terrains?

💡 Explanation

When diverse terrains challenged Mesoamerican agriculture, selective breeding for cold tolerance and shorter growing seasons enabled maize cultivation to expand geographically because this adaptation allowed yields before frost. Therefore breeding techniques explains this adaptation rather than terraces, rotation, or irrigation which mitigate other agricultural limits.

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