Corn development and final yields The number of harvestable kernels per ear is an important contributor to the grain-yield potential of a corn plant. Severe plant stress during ear formation may ...

One of the most frustrating criticisms corn farmers face is the contention that we should be growing corn strictly for food, not ethanol fuel. Our critics frame the debate as food vs. fuel, and ...

The researchers think the crackling noises occur because of tiny fractures from the corn plant stretching, breaking and growing. The time-lapse video documents the noises, along with the plant ...

CSHL Professors Thomas Gingeras and Rob Martienssen have launched a new genomic encyclopedia called MaizeCODE. Their latest ...

Growing sweetcorn in your garden or allotment is easy to do in the UK. Discover our trialled-and-tasted sweetcorn varieties ...

Corn plants often face many challenges throughout the growing season. In this episode of Managing for Profit, South Dakota-based DEKALB Asgrow Technical Agronomist, Jeff Fuls, explains more.

The first vice president of the National Corn Growers Association says the organization is looking at ways to grow demand for U.S. corn on the global market. Jed Bower says strengthening international ...