A modified North Carolina Design III mapping study in maize has identified 14 major QTLs and new candidate genes underlying ...

Maize is the world’s most important cereal by sheer tonnage, feeding billions of people, livestock and biorefineries alike.

Maize serves as a vital model species for advancing our understanding of plant biology, yet many mysteries remain about the intricate processes governing how DNA works and organizes itself in the ...

Newswise — Maize was domesticated from its wild ancestor more than 8700 years according to biological evidence uncovered by researchers in the Mexico's Central Balsas River Valley. This is the ...

Teosinte, the wild ancestor of maize, has three times the seed protein content of most modern maize strains. Researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences Headquarters tracked down the mechanisms ...

All modern maize descends from a hybrid created just over 5,000 years ago in central Mexico, thousands of years after the plant was first domesticated, researchers report. Maize is one of the world’s ...

Maize is a staple crop and a cornerstone of livelihoods. Therefore, understanding the rhythm of the seasons is paramount. The difference between a bountiful harvest and a devastating loss often comes ...

Despite a record maize production last year, India’s poultry farmers are contending with higher retail prices of the poultry ...

The US grain industry argued that corn should be judged on its life cycle carbon emissions rather than simply as imported ...

Traders are flocking to buy maize from farmers at their fields, offering ₹2,400 per quintal of maize. Farmers find it a ...