Ferrie details six agronomic factors to keep in mind, if you’re new to growing continuous corn, that can help you achieve ...

Reviewed by Debra LaGattuta The corn plant (Dracaena fragrans) is a tropical African evergreen tree. They grow fairly slowly, ...

To grow the corn of tomorrow, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory geneticists and plant biologists are digging up maize’s ancient roots. The domestication of maize is one of the greatest examples of ...

A corn plant knows how to find water in soil with the very tips of its roots, but some varieties, including many used for breeding high-yielding corn in the U.S., appear to have lost a portion of ...

“The large surface area, wide angle hybrids had a good response going from 28,000 to 34,000 plants per acre, but they tanked ...

corn takes up 34 lb ... In mass flow, water containing sulfur is pulled to the plant roots. Transpiration through the plant draws more water out of the soil, bringing sulfur with it—sort ...

If corn was ever jealous of soybean’s relationship with nitrogen-fixing bacteria, advancements in gene editing could one day ...

The overuse of rootworm-resistant corn has led to the crop becoming less effective at controlling the destructive pest – a problem that could cost an estimated $1.6 billion in lifetime economic losses ...

Sweet corn can be planted from January through ... Having the correct type of bacteria in the soil around the roots of the plants is very beneficial. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily ...