Discovery of fossilized grains of 60,000 year old corn pollen 200 feet beneath Mexico City last year has definitely established that corn is a native of the Western Hemisphere and did not ...

South Carolina is often ranked one of the worst states for allergies. The combination of warmer climates and high ...

When the corn begins to show tassels (strands at the top of the plant), wind blows the pollen from the tassels to the silks of the just-forming ears. That’s why it’s best to plant the corn in ...

Concerns that crops with built-in insecticides might damage wildlife were inflamed in 1999 by the report of a study suggesting that Bt corn pollen harmed monarch butterfly caterpillars.

The physical structure of corn plants — including the angle of leaves bending from the stem and the number of pollen-laden tassel branches — makes a big difference for yield.