Maize can grow successfully in very different local conditions. An international study has now demonstrated the important role of the plant root system. The researchers analyzed more than 9,000 ...

Maize was grown and eaten by people in the Peruvian Andes about 1,000 years earlier than previously thought, researchers said Wednesday. Maize, or corn, was first used in Mexico about 10,000 years ago ...

Tiny organisms such as bacteria and fungi help to promote the health and function of plant roots. It is commonly assumed that the composition of these microbes is dependent on the properties of the ...

When a maize plant is attacked by the fungus Ustilago maydis, tumor-like tissue growths occur at the site of infection. How the pathogen causes this response in its host has long been unknown. But a ...

Excavated maize seedling is showing crown roots beginning to grow from the base of the shoot (marked by red arrowhead). Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news ...

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

The drier the region, the fewer seminal roots the maize varieties cultivated there had on average (black figure; the pie chart shows the proportion of varieties with up to one seminal root in yellow, ...