Maize cobs have filled out well during the past week and many contracting teams are making good progress with harvest, according to Neil Groom from forage specialist Grainseed. “Where crops are ...

Maize was first domesticated by indigenous peoples in Mexico between 10,000 and 6,000 years ago Scientific analysis of a cob of corn dating back 5,000 years shows how maize became one of our most ...

A local investor has set up a manufacturing company that will use maize cobs as raw material to produce various chemicals for industrial use. Bio-Corn Products EPZ, a subsidiary of Nairobi-based ...

Researchers have tested ancient DNA from corn found at archaeological sites in Arkansas, shedding new light on the dispersal of one of the world’s most important food crops. By reconstructing the ...

How much economic value can one derive from maize cobs? To most small-holder maize growing households, there is little else they can use them for once the grain has been shelled. More often, they are ...

Researchers who have sequenced the genome of a 5,310-year-old corn cob have discovered that the maize grown in central Mexico all those years ago was genetically more similar to modern maize than to ...

Maize, one of the world's most important crops, is extensively grown as a food crop. Its importance in food and livestock feed cannot be overemphasised. However, a problem comes during postharvest ...

Although host-plant resistance workers routinely use an applicator (bazooka) to infest maize plants with neonate larvae of maize stem borers mixed with maize cob grits, information is unavailable ...

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