... for this technology are being developed at the same time as research is being undertaken. Maize, the third most important cereal in the world, has a great number of advantages for molecular ...
The first drought-tolerant maize varieties developed by the Asian Maize Network, established to tackle poor harvests, are showing promise.
... be useful in new crop generation as well as the study of the evolution and domestication of maize and other cereals. Other studies in Mexico and elsewhere have shown that Mexican maize varieties are ...
... and, along with other "domestication genes" can be used to write the history of maize domestication and use by humans.
All of these methods are being used by paleobotanists, plant scientists, and ...
The GM debate in Mexico could be reignited by scientists' discovery of modified genes in traditional maize.
... of my supposedly
"ill-informed", "illegal" and "irresponsible" behaviour? The seeds
I planted are maize varieties on the EU's "common list" of approved
crops. As such, my legal advice is that it is ...
Nigerian farmers are selling more seeds of parasite-resistant, yield-boosting maize crops than official distribution channels.
... to muster enough consensus on Monday to approve an order for France and Greece to lift their bans on growing genetically modified maize, sending the decision to ministers, the EU executive said.
Mexico City says it will protect local maize varieties; meanwhile the country has lifted its ban on GM crop trials in the north of the country.
BERLIN/HAMBURG (Reuters) - Germany will ban cultivation and sale of genetically modified (GMO) maize, German Agriculture Minister Ilse Aigner said on Tuesday.
Germany’s ban of a GM maize strain raises industry fears the country may reverse its GM-tolerant stance
A genetically modified strain of maize, banned in some EU countries, poses no risk to health or the environment, the European Food Safety Authority declared Tuesday.
As African nations heat up, many could use maize varieties cultivated in hotter nations. Not so for a band of countries in the Sahel.
... only detected programmed cell death…but also all other phenomena described as related to the transport into the maize kernel." The presence of these traits in teosinte kernels suggests that they are ...
South African researchers will soon begin field trials of a variety of maize capable of withstanding extreme dehydration.
