But compact corn didn't happen by accident; years of hybrid breeding did that. Now, two new genome-based studies are making it possible to precisely adjust corn architecture to meet future demands.

Stine’s focus on researching planting populations and row widths, led the company long before its competitors to develop genetics that are able to produce shorter, more efficient corn plants ...

There’s nothing quite like it with its parent companies, the brands, the genetics and the product portfolio. Years ago, I ran the corn business for Dow, and I knew from working alongside the ...

Surbhi Grewal, assistant professor, School of Biosciences, led the wild wheat variety study at the University of Nottingham. NOTTINGHAM, ENGLAND — Scientists have mapped the genome sequence for a wild ...

According to a study published today (July 13) in Genetics, just a single DNA base substitution gave corn its soft, fibrous exterior. “Humans completely reshaped the ancestor of corn, effectively ...

USDA will release their much-anticipated Prospective Plantings report on Monday. Unlike previous acreage predictions, this ...

To protect thousands of varieties of Mexico's prized heirloom corn, leaders vote to amend the constitution to ban the ...

"In principle, it could be used to cure any disease," says Jacob Corn, professor of genome biology at ETH Zürich. To get the cell to use homology-directed repair, the researchers recently began ...