Corn
Maize, also known as corn in North American English, is a tall stout grass that produces cereal grain. The leafy stalk of the plant gives rise to male inflorescences or tassels which produce pollen, and female inflorescences called ears. The ears yield grain, known as kernels or seeds. In modern commercial varieties, these are usually yellow or white; other varieties can be of many colors. Maize was domesticated by indigenous peoples in southern Mexico about 9,000 years ago from wild teosinte. Native Americans planted it alongside beans and squashes in the Three Sisters polyculture. That is, those three vegetables were the main staple crops of the time.
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Functional Resistance of Microbiome to Differently Charged Nanoplas...
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Revitalizing contaminated soils: The combined power of modified bio...
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Allelopathic and autotoxic effects of sorghum extract and residues ...
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Co-application of biochar, vermicompost and silicon mitigates salin...
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Synergistic Effects of Biodegradable Microplastics and Herbicide on...
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Mitochondrial-Nuclear Interactions, Co-Transcription, and Adaptive ...
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Investigating GERMs: how genotype, environment, and rhizosphere mic...
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Mechanistic Model for Simulating Pesticide Uptake into Maize Pollen.
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Valorization of vitamin C industrial byproduct as a soil amendment:...
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Long-Term Straw Return Reverses Antibiotic Resistance Accumulation ...
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Risk Assessment, Cross-Resistance Pattern of Broflanilide with Othe...
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Leveraging algal-derived biopolymers to alleviate multi-metal phyto...
If carrageenan soil amendments scale beyond the lab, the vegetables grown near industrial zones —...
Deep convolutional models for robust multi-crop disease recognition...
If you grow tomatoes, potatoes, or grapes in your backyard and something starts going wrong with ...
ZmPEPCK2 enhances nutritional quality and yield potential by synchr...
Corn bred to carry more protein without shrinking its yield could quietly shift the nutritional b...
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A novel high-sensitivity fluorescence detection technology for zear...
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Corn monoculture soils breed more antibiotic-resistant bacteria tha...
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The ZmRACK1-ZmCDPK7-ZmAPX1 module regulates plant antiviral immunity.
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Overcoming redundancy in the Arabidopsis TREHALOSE-6-PHOSPHATE PHOS...
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Integrated physiological and transcriptomic measurements reveal cha...
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Spatio-temporal feedbacks between soil legacies and the rhizosphere...
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De novo biosynthesis of halogenated benzoxazinoids in <i>Nicotiana ...
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Friendly soil fungi help corn shrug off drought stress
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Heat treatment and protein tweaks make maize gene editing far more ...
Corn varieties farmers grow today took decades of careful breeding to perfect, and until now, add...
Worm compost helps corn plants resist lead poisoning in soil
If you're growing vegetables in a raised bed near an old road or building where lead in the soil ...
Maize genes found that boost drought survival and kernel yield together
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Grass and straw turn toxic mine waste into living soil
If you've ever driven past a scarred, rusty-looking mine site and wondered if it could ever be gr...
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A Predictive Multiparameter Screening Model Identifies Prebiotics T...
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Global genetic dissection of maize-teosinte divergence reveals EL3-...
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A step-by-step CRISPR guide unlocks faster breeding of resilient corn
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Scientists publish a complete CRISPR recipe for editing corn DNA
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Soil microbes help grain crops survive drought by rewriting plant chemistry
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Predicting complex phenotypes using multi-omics data in maize.
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CRISPR/Cas9-mediated knockout of ZmHMA3 reveals its essential role ...
Corn fields on former industrial sites or heavily fertilized soils can quietly accumulate toxic z...
Weeds struggle most when they resemble their crop competitor
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Innovations in economic assessment of drought management: Applicati...
Farmers growing the alfalfa, corn, and pecan crops that feed your region's food supply are being ...
Scientists map how crops sense heat to breed tougher varieties
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A root-dwelling bacterium helps corn survive toxic, metal-laced soil
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Gypsum soil treatment helps corn shake off nickel pollution
If you garden near old industrial sites, roadways, or areas with heavy fertilizer or sludge use, ...
The right amount of biochar keeps fertilizer nitrogen in soil, not ...
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Loss of ZmDMP increases phosphatidic acid production and disrupts l...
Seed developers can stabilize a new corn variety in two seasons instead of six using haploid indu...
Author Correction: Rewiring an E3 ligase enhances cold resilience a...
Corn bred to stay productive through a surprise cold spell and stretch scarce soil nutrients furt...
Grain husks may naturally block hungry storage pests
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Simple on-farm kiln makes biochar cheaper than buying it
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This gene switch helps corn seeds sprout faster and stronger
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Fertilizer additives help crops keep more nitrogen in soil
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Two corn hybrids beat drought using totally different survival tricks
If you've ever wondered why some drought-tough plants in your garden wilt dramatically while othe...
Wheat and rice may be bred to need less water and fertilizer
The corn and wheat fields you drive past could someday need far less irrigation and fertilizer, c...
Corn's stress-response brake could help breed tougher crops
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Scientists pinpoint exact soil bacteria that devour farm waste
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Leftover corn stalks become water filters and soil boosters
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Earthworms boost soil carbon but backfire on toxic metal cleanup
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Cereal crops adjust root hair growth to survive tough soil conditions
The wheat and corn fields feeding your community rely on root hairs you'll never see, and breedin...
Corn disease bacteria show surprising regional diversity across Nor...
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AI system spots pest damage on corn leaves faster and more accurately
Corn planted in your community garden or small farm patch is vulnerable to pest damage that can w...
New gene test catches fake camellia oil in your kitchen
The premium camellia oil you might buy for cooking or skincare is a common target for cheap oil s...
Scientists review ways to strip toxic mold chemical from grain
The wheat crackers or cornmeal in your pantry can pick up this estrogen-mimicking mold toxin duri...
Mung bean starch makes the sturdiest Red Bull jelly candy
The starch in your kitchen pantry, whether scraped from a potato or milled from corn or mung bean...
Hospital feeding tubes may need a whole-food makeover
The same corn and soybean oil that dominate industrial ICU nutrition are grown in the vast monocu...
