UC Davis graduate student Michelle Stitzer records the GPS coordinates of an individual Zea mays plant in a field in eastern Jalisco, Mexico, to investigate hybridization between maize and its wild ...

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 ...

Farmers Union of Malawi (FUM) has frowned at the 2025/26 minimum farm gate maize prices which show a decline from K1 050 per ...

South Africa's white maize price has dropped significantly, causing mixed reactions across the agricultural sector. While ...

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 ...

Maize serves as a vital model species for advancing our understanding of plant biology, yet many mysteries remain about the intricate processes governing how DNA works and organizes itself in the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...