Stem cell growth, required for kernel development, is controlled in corn by a set of genes called CLEs. But how these genes change the corn is complicated. Using CRISPR genome editing, CSHL ...

A 5,310-year-old corn cob. Bruce Smith. Corn is one of the modern world’s most common crops, covering countless acres of fields and popping up in everything from cereal boxes to fuel.

Ear traits (ear row number, cob diameter, cob length, EKPR, ear mass, cob mass, KW, TWKW and KNUM were measured on two open-pollinated ears harvested from each plot.

Maize as we know it looks very different from its wild ancestor. The ancient cob is less than a 10th of the size of modern corn cobs, at about 2cm (0.8inch) long.

Researchers were astounded that Menominee could grow so much in a cold climate with a relatively short growing season.

After about five thousand years of cultivation, teosinte (or maize) became a staple crop, widely relied upon for nourishment. It took another few thousand years for Europeans to arrive, and for ...