The coming weeks will see large acreages of land throughout the UK planted out in forage maize, writes Richard Halleron.

Scientists from the University of Nottingham’s School of Biosciences investigated the growth of maize leaves in plants cultivated in three different soils containing differential amounts of nutrients ...

but has since been found to be an important growth regulator in plants,” says Ren-He Zhang from the research team. “Treatment of maize with extra melatonin has been shown to improve the crop ...