Before there was corn (Zea mays subsp. mays), and corn ruled the world, there was the wild grass, teosinte. Corn, known as maize outside the Americas, easily hybridizes with its wild sibling, but ...
Recent research has revealed that a family of proteins called COI1, previously associated with defense mechanisms in other plant species like Arabidopsis and rice, primarily regulates growth in maize ...
Maize (corn) is one of the world's most important staple crops and has great cultural significance for indigenous peoples in the Americas. New work by Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra at UC Davis and international ...