MaizeCODE is a genomic project analyzing the genetic basis of maize domestication. Researchers identified key regulatory ...

The right-time aspect requires understanding how much nitrogen (per day, week or month)corn plants take up at each stage of growth. “Fortunately, there’s a wealth of published information ...

A corn plant knows how to find water in soil with the very tips of its roots, but some varieties, including many used for ...

In collaboration with professors at the University, researchers are working on a new nitrogen-retaining corn breed.

A recent study shows that gene-edited bacteria can supply the equivalent of 35 pounds of nitrogen from the air during early corn growth, which may reduce the crop's reliance on nitrogen fertilizer.

Transitioning for growth mode to a new stage of retirement ... we knew we had to get the corn genome mapped — to tap into the potential of what corn could be.” Seeing the opportunity to ...

A recent study from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign shows that gene-edited bacteria can supply the equivalent of 35 pounds of nitrogen from the air during early corn growth ...