Explore the history of corn harvesting in American agriculture, from hand-husked fields with horses to early mechanized ...

Corn, as we know it, didn’t always exist. A Brigham Young University biology professor published a new study that identified the functions of a gene that may have helped transform a wild grass called ...

Nitrogen is essential for crops to grow, and it’s abundant in the air, but plants have trouble getting it. Some, like legumes, are able to house bacteria that can transform nitrogen in the air into a ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Modern corn hybrids produce more plant material and take up, on average, the same amount of nitrogen as earlier varieties, in spite of being more crowded and having less ...

Total seed protein in modern hybrid and inbred varieties of corn is three times lower than that of its wild ancestor, teosinte. The reasons were unknown, until now. A gene on chromosome nine called ...

Today's corn hybrids more efficiently use nitrogen (N) to create more grain, according to 72 years of public-sector research data reviewed by Purdue University researchers. Tony Vyn, a professor of ...

Corn has a storied and prominent place in human history. Early farmers first domesticated it 10,000 years ago in what is now Mexico. People began planting and breeding teosinte – the ancestor of ...

LUGANO, TICINO, SWITZERLAND, July 19, 2023/EINPresswire.com/ -- In a new article, Stanislav Kondrashov goes into corn's intricate history and pervasive impact ...

Corn is not just a food—it’s a cornerstone of native heritage. Evidence suggests that corn, believed to have originated in the Mexican plateau and Guatemalan highlands, has been cultivated for more ...

Modern corn hybrids produce more plant material and take up, on average, the same amount of nitrogen as earlier varieties, in spite of being more crowded and having less nitrogen available per plant, ...