Most smallholder maize farmers are at risk of facing food shortage this year due to premature maize harvesting (PMH) driven ...

The first of this year’s forage maize crops were drilled under plastic earlier this week. But it’s a commitment to a highly ...

(Archaeologists typically call the grain “maize,” rather than “corn,” because multicolored indigenous maize, usually eaten after drying and grinding, is strikingly unlike the large ...

Interestingly, due to the introduction of Bt maize, recent research suggests there has been an areawide suppression of European corn borer populations (Hutchison et al. 2010). This is beneficial ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. [iStockphoto] In 1716, Cotton Mather described maize which Americans call corn and ...

The higher crop estimates bode well for the broader region, as maize is an important staple food, and South Africa is a leading exporter for several Southern African countries. Van der Linde said ...

Maize is an important cereal crop in Punjab after wheat and paddy. The spring crop of maize is attacked by various insects and pests from time to time, causing economic losses to farmers.