Maize
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.
Research Mentions
Intercropping Reduces Agricultural Pesticide Use 42% Across 344 Chi...
Planting mixed crops instead of monocultures cuts pesticide use by 42% across hundreds ...
Machine Learning Predicts Drought Tolerance from Leaf Spectral Signatures
AI can predict drought tolerance from leaf color alone with 89% accuracy, enabling rapi...
Fungal Endophyte Beauveria bassiana Provides Dual Pest Protection in Maize
A beneficial fungus living inside corn provides built-in pest protection: 78% less army...
Plant Root Networks Exhibit Small-World Topology
Plant roots grow in small-world network patterns (like social networks), and more conne...
NUT1-Exo70A1 Regulates Xylem Vessel Development and Influences Wate...
Researchers identified a genetic pathway controlling water transport in maize that, whe...
Cell-specific transcriptomics and knockout reveal aquaporin functio...
Scientists identified a water-transport protein (aquaporin) in maize guard cells that c...
Spatially Optimized Nutrient Management as a Climate-Resilient Stra...
Excessive nitrogen fertilizer runoff from global farmland pollutes waterways and harms ...
