Maize serves as a vital model species for advancing our understanding of plant biology, yet many mysteries remain about the ...

Indigenous people who were the first to inhabit the area now known as Michigan—before the Europeans arrived—may have ...

Spring offers favourable conditions for maize cultivation. Learn the essential steps from soil preparation to harvest to help ...

NSF-funded effort to look at how maize adapts to wide range of environments Understanding adaption to altitude, climate could be applied to other crops With the onset of climate change and changes in ...

Prehistoric communities in one part of Peru’s Andes Mountains may have gone from maize to amazingly complex. Bioarchaeologist Brian Finucane’s analyses of human skeletons excavated in this region ...

Explore the nations that produce the bulk of the world's food, from sugarcane to maize, and understand their impact on global ...

Maize may be a tropical crop by origin, but fresh breeding progress is changing perceptions about where it can be grown successfully.