Indigenous people who were the first to inhabit the area now known as Michigan—before the Europeans arrived—may have cultivated maize (corn) more prominently than previously assumed for such a ...

Maize serves as a vital model species for advancing our understanding of plant biology, yet many mysteries remain about the intricate processes governing how DNA works and organizes itself in the ...

玉米是我国第一大粮食作物，其产量关乎国家粮食安全。增加种植密度，是玉米单产突破的关键。但密度一大麻烦就来了：秆子容易倒，叶子互相遮挡，光能利用率下降。怎样让玉米在高密度下依然“站得稳、晒得透”？答案藏在株型里——培育叶片更直立、穗位更低、株型更紧凑的 ...

3月17日，河南农业大学陈彦惠团队联合崖州湾国家实验室王海洋团队，在国际知名期刊_Nature Genetics发表了题为Breeding Ideotype Maize with Enhanced Yield Through Genomics-guided Pyramiding of Favorable Alleles_的研究论文。