The maize crops that are cultivated today are probably a domesticated form of the wild Mexican grass teosinte. (a) The bushy form of the teosinte, Zea mays ssp. mexicana; (b) the single-stalk ...

Scientists are using new genetic and microbotanical techniques to distinguish domesticated maize from its wild relatives as well as to identify ancient sites of maize agriculture. These new analyses ...

Genetic screens in maize (Zea mays) are used to great effect to uncover genes for important developmental, agronomic and evolutionary traits. These screens have informed our understanding of maize as ...

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 ...

This study is led by Professors Huihui Li (Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China), Liang Li (Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural ...

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