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 ...

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 ...

In 2016, two independent research groups analyzed the DNA of 5,000-year-old maize cobs from a cave in Mexico, and found that the ancient corn was still in the midst of the domestication process.

In the first study researchers from the University of Michigan and the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Balboa, reanalyzed maize cobs and sediments that had been excavated in 1966 from ...

I have long forgiven the white and red cap chiefs of ... leaves, and empty cobs and mix the powder with the top soil before maize cultivation in a new season. What about experimenting with adding ...

The history of maize begins with its wild ancestor, teosinte. Teosinte bears little resemblance to the corn eaten today: Its cobs are tiny and its few kernels are protected by a nearly ...

Feb 28 (Reuters) - South African farmers are expected to harvest 1% more maize in the 2022/2023 season than in the previous season, the government's Crop Estimates Committee (CEC) said on Tuesday.

Scientific analysis of a cob of corn dating back 5,000 years shows how maize became one of our most popular cereals. Farming by early civilisations started a process of domestication that produced ...