The domestication of maize is one of the greatest examples of humankind's impact on evolution. Early farmers' pre-industrial plant breeding choices ...

A study published in Cell uncovers the deep evolutionary roots of flint and dent maize (also commonly known as "corn"), two foundational ... on the early origins and evolution of maize, one ...

Casarabe people grew the nutritious crop year-round on savannas thanks to networks of drainage canals and ponds.

Interestingly, due to the introduction of Bt maize, recent research suggests there has been an areawide suppression of European corn borer populations (Hutchison et al. 2010). This is beneficial ...

McClintock’s maize breeding experiments provided the first detailed descriptions of transposable elements. What exactly are these “jumping genes,” and why are they so important? As ...

The maize nested association mapping population includes 5,000 lines of corn grown at 11 locations ... a professor of ecology, evolution and organismal biology, published a 2021 study sequencing ...