A proto-corn in the midst of becoming domesticated appears to have reached South America at least twice, Kistler said. By 6,500 years ago, the partially domesticated plant had arrived in a region of ...

South American Harvest As the South American harvest season wraps up, the U.S. corn market is shifting its attention to ...

The team’s collective work “nicely lays out an explicit model in which maize continued to evolve after it arrived in South America,” says Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra, a plant scientist at University ...

Corn domestication took some unexpected twists and turns. ... People brought a forerunner of present-day corn plants, also known as maize, to South America from Mexico more than 6,500 years ago.

The global plant biotechnology market is on an impressive growth path, projected to rise from USD 51.73 billion in 2025 to ...

Missouri is one of the top producers of corn in the United States, and researchers are hoping to add to the varieties of corn grown at home, including purple corn. Purple corn, commonly known as maiz ...

The insects are typically present farther south, from the southern U.S. to South America. ... In one field, he harvested some corn from diseased plants and healthy plants by hand.

Scientists are revising the history of one of the world's most important crops. Drawing on genetic and archaeological evidence, researchers have found that a predecessor of today's corn plants ...