When the days required for maturity begin to increase for June planting dates, it is rapidly becoming too late to plant the adapted hybrids for any given growing season heat zone of the Corn Belt.

Plant cells contain subunits including walls ... Glyphosate tolerant cultivars of soybeans (Roundup Ready), corn, and other crops are currently being marketed. Corn and other glyphosate tolerant crops ...

Researchers uncover a seven-gene pathway enabling corn and rice to fix nitrogen directly from the air, eliminating fertilizer ...

They’re deposited in the retina, especially in a small section in the center called the macula, where they absorb blue light, protecting cells ... Corn is a valuable source of plant protein ...

Food productivity is dependent on the availability of fertilizer, says Utah State University biochemist Lance Seefeldt. "We ...

The amount of water lost via transpiration can be incredibly high; a single irrigated corn plant growing in ... which are outgrowths produced by living plant cells surrounding a vessel to seal ...

The most common examples are grasses like corn, barley and wheat ... "Check-In Procedures for Plant Cell Entry by Biotrophic Microbes." Molecular Plant Microbe Interactions 20(9): 1023-1030.

New research suggests that plants seem to be emitting sounds and engaging in unheard conversations, especially when they're ...

Jennifer Doudna, the co-developer of CRISPR, says there’s a “coming revolution” in climate-adapted crops and animals.

An international, Gates Foundation-funded collaboration reports new knowledge that could simplify genetic transfer of ...

The first vice-minister of communications, Wilfredo González Vidal, said that 77% of cell clients in Havana ... electrical ...

Baoye He has joined the Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology as an assistant professor, where he'll research fungal pathogens.