Figure 1. Corn plant in the 5-leaf growth stage. (Tip of Leaf 5 no longer points upward, so it is the "indicator Leaf.") In some situations (particularly as the plant nears tasseling), Leaf 1 may have ...

W hether you call it elotes or Mexican street corn, this recipe is an undeniably popular antojito—"little craving"— or street ...

A research team led by Andrea Eveland, PhD, associate member at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, has uncovered key genetic regulatory factors that control pleiotropy—a phenomenon where a ...

T he physical structure of corn plants—including the angle of leaves bending from the stem and the number of pollen-laden tassel branches—makes a big difference for yield. Compact plants can ...