Ultimately, maize and corn are the same crop, and the two terms only represent discrepancies in the way the English language is used around the world ... as a name for the plant when a scientific ...

Like the maize plant, the maize god is decapitated ... In this part of the world at this time around nine thousand years ago, other food resources were very thin on the ground.

Like the maize plant, the maize god is decapitated ... In this part of the world at this time around nine thousand years ago, other food resources were very thin on the ground.

Loss of cultivated plant diversity ... of American States IUCN-World Conservation Union,1995. Mercer, K. L. & Wainwright, J. D. Gene flow from transgenic maize to landraces in Mexico: An ...

Just walking around ... maize. Fortuitously, Martin had access to a brand-new technology: radiocarbon dating, just invented at the University of Chicago. It can determine the age of plant remains ...

A new study reveals how climate change has altered growing conditions for the world's five major crops over the past half century and is reshaping agriculture. The impacts corroborate climate models ...

Melatonin, recently found to be involved in many physiological processes in plants ... of maize exceeds that of both rice and wheat, and is a staple in many parts of the world, particularly ...

Only 170 species of plant are cultivated for food on any significant scale. And around ... rice, maize and wheat. There are huge risks in relying on so few plant species to feed the world.