You can’t construct a strong building on a weak foundation, and you can’t grow a great corn crop on a weak root system. From freezing temperatures to voracious underground pests and other threats, ...

You can’t build a farm shop on a weak foundation, and you can’t grow a high-yielding corn crop with weak roots. Healthy corn roots enable efficient resource ...

This figure from the paper shows the evolution of root types from teosinte to modern corn over the last 10 000 years, simulated using the modeling program OpenSimRoot, which was developed by ...

Corn root boxes allow Beck's Hybrids researchers to evaluate root architecture and make management recommendations. (Provided by Beck's Hybrids) Modern maize is barely recognizable from its wild, ...

Corn is a colossal grain in the global food and feed chain, with the U.S. producing roughly 30% of the world's supply, or nearly 278 million metric tons in the 2024–25 growing season alone. But its ...

Editor's Note: Corn is a product of domestication and continual evolution. Today's top-yielding hybrids look nothing like the teosinte plants from which they arose 9,000 years ago -- or even the ...