Little research has been directed towards understanding the evolutionary process behind plant evolution in agricultural ecosystems in traditional farming communities. Maize populations, like natural ...

Plant Physiology, Vol. 55, No. 4 (Apr., 1975), pp. 626-631 (6 pages) The ultrastructure of mesophyll chloroplasts of maize (Zea mays L.) was more severely affected by iron deficiency that induced mild ...

Cereal grains and oilseeds contain large quantities of phytic acid, which provides myo-inositol and phosphorus required during seed germination and seedling establishment. Maize seed alone produces ...

This story is one of a series about how hidden innovations produce the foods we eat at the prices we pay. It has been edited for length and clarity. As told to Krithika Varagur. I’ve been a farmer for ...

The appearance of genetically modified proteins in maize seed stocks throughout Mexico paints a curious pattern that suggests why efforts to prevent the flow of transgenic plant material into that ...

Cutting maize seed rates by 5-10% has the potential to lift starch levels by 2-3% and bring harvest date forward by three to five days, according to John Burgess, maize product manager at KWS. The ...

The nonchromosomal stripe 2 (NCS2) mutant of maize (Zea mays L.) has a DNA rearrangement in the mitochondrial genome that segregates with the abnormal growth phenotype. Yet, the NCS2 characteristic ...

Farmers who have been left feeling deflated by their maize yield this season while others around them did well may well reflect that poor establishment was probably the reason. So how can they do ...