Growing multiple plants together is a great way to maximize the number of roots in the soil and the biology that makes up the ...

MaizeCODE is a genomic project analyzing the genetic basis of maize domestication. Researchers identified key regulatory ...

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 ...

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

A corn plant knows how to find water in soil with the very tips of its roots, but some varieties, including many used for ...

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 ...

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

In collaboration with professors at the University, researchers are working on a new nitrogen-retaining corn breed.