Sweet corn is making its return to Fresno State’s Gibson Farm Market this weekend, with 49 cents per ear available for sale starting at 8 a.m. on Saturday, May 24.

According to him, pests do not attack TELA maize like the others he had planted in the previous season. The ears are full, and the crop matures quickly. Mohammed revealed that although he planted ...

To grow the corn of tomorrow, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory geneticists and plant biologists are digging up maize’s ancient roots. Credit: Jon Cahn/Martienssen lab/CSHL MaizeCODE is a genomic project ...

“Shucked” runs through Jan. 19, and just like corn, audience members are sure to be all ears for this delightfully absurd show.

Modern maize races grown in lowland areas of South America have between eight and 26 rows per ear, whereas the archaeological samples from Peruaçu Valley have between four and six rows.

Given that reduced plant/internode height may impact moisture retention or air flow between the maize ears, fungal growth may become more favourable under certain environmental conditions. The ...

Eventually they attack the maize ear. Fall armyworm damage on maize. Fall armyworm typically targets fresh leaves and fruit of crops like maize, with its appetite waning as the crop matures.

Here are some effective disease management strategies for maize crops: This is a major pest that can cause damage to the ears by feeding on the silk and kernels. Larvae of the corn earworm can bore ...

Figure 3. Silk emergence dynamics of 27 maize hybrids in different pollination and water treatments. Hybrids 1–16 are slender ear, and hybrids 17–27 are stubby ear. SP, synchronous pollination; CP, ...

Globally, maize is known as ‘Queen of the Cereals’ or ‘Miracle ... The disease appears on leaves and sheath on 40-45 days old plant and later on spread to the ear. The characteristic lesions appear as ...