Sr. Jenny Casteñeda, of the Ayllu Guadalupac Misioneracuna Congregation of Otavalo, Ecuador, participates in a weaving activity at the Indigenous Consecrated Life Seminar in Quito, Ecuador, Sept.

The number of harvestable kernels per ear is an important contributor to the grain-yield potential of a corn plant. Severe plant stress during ear formation may limit the potential ear size, and ...

as the cause when applied anywhere between V6 and up to V16 stage in corn. The percentage of plants affected depended ... the crop’s exposure to unfavorable conditions can negatively affect ear ...

Excessive rainfall, which contributed to nitrogen loss and poor root development, followed by reduced rainfall in August, had a major impact on ear and kernel formation in many of our corn fields this ...

the tga1 protein directs the formation of a hard shell around every corn kernel. But the modern maize mutation gives tga1 a new set of marching orders. The mutant protein turns the ear inside out ...

"These cycles of embolism formation and refilling are just something ... that no one has found structures resembling a mouth or ears on corn or any other plant. Nor do the group's studies prove ...

"This premature ear declination – the fancy term for the problem – results in premature black layer formation, lightweight grain and, ultimately, lower grain yields per acre." Corn ears typically ...