Maize serves as a vital model species for advancing our understanding of plant biology, yet many mysteries remain about the ...

NSF-funded effort to look at how maize adapts to wide range of environments Understanding adaption to altitude, climate could be applied to other crops With the onset of climate change and changes in ...

Maize is one of the world's most widely grown crops. It is used for both human and animal foods and holds great cultural significance, especially for indigenous peoples in the Americas. Yet despite ...

Maize, Pakistan’s fourth-largest crop, is grown for food, feed, and industrial use. It spans nearly 1.64 million hectares, yielding around 9.74m tonnes annually (2023-24). The country grows two maize ...

Prehistoric communities in one part of Peru’s Andes Mountains may have gone from maize to amazingly complex. Bioarchaeologist Brian Finucane’s analyses of human skeletons excavated in this region ...

Water engineers in ancient South America turned seasonally flooded Amazonian savannas into hotbeds of year-round maize farming. Previous excavations dated Casarabe society, which covered an area of ...

Maize is a staple crop and a cornerstone of livelihoods. Therefore, understanding the rhythm of the seasons is paramount. The difference between a bountiful harvest and a devastating loss often comes ...