In many animals, skin coloration and its patterns play a crucial role in camouflage, communication, or thermoregulation. In ...

By analyzing DNA from different cells in nearly 200 lines of maize plants, research has revealed insights that could help growers better adapt their crops to a fast-changing environment.

Corn leafhoppers, invasive herbivorous insects, are capable of spreading the pathogenic corn stunt disease. David Kerns, an extension entomologist with Texas A&M AgriLife, reported in an April 1 ...

The National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) is launching the fifth Consider Corn Challenge, a contest in which participants can submit proposals for new uses of field corn that have quantifiable ...

For youth looking toward a career in agriculture, specifically within the agronomy sector, the Youth Crop Scouting Competition with University of Illinois Extension is a perfect stop along the way.

For example, farmers may plant corn in their fields one year and soybeans ... so avoiding planting these crops in the same field two years in a row will decrease the disease. However, since Fusarium ...

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The World Health Organization warned of a potential outbreak of diseases such as malaria, dengue fever, and hepatitis. “This earthquake has deepened the suffering of communities already battling ...

An agronomist with AgriGold says many farmers have tar spot on their mind. Brian Weihmeir, who covers central Illinois, says the yield robbing corn disease is at the forefront of many farmers plans ...

This trio combines corn, pole beans, and squash or pumpkins ... The aroma of other plants repels insect and disease pests. Interplanting these crops among beans can help reduce pest pressure. Summer ...

For the past four years, University of Missouri researchers have been changing the color of corn to see whether purple breeds can provide potential health benefits. Working with a dark purple ...

U.S. farmers are expected to plant 95.3 million acres of corn this year while paring back soybean and wheat acreage. Corn acreage is expected to grow 5%, while soybeans will fall 4% to 83.5 million, ...