Science news articles about 'maize varieties'

The first drought-tolerant maize varieties developed by the Asian Maize Network, established to tackle poor harvests, are showing promise.

... 28, 11:30 AM). Like other varieties of maize, the popcorn landraces are used throughout the world ... farmers still cultivate local or criollo maize varieties in traditional ways as well as generating ...

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.

... conditions. Maize scientists and geneticists have used this information to track the evolution and dispersal of maize varieties as well as to reconstruct the history of maize domestication. For ...

... 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 ...

As African nations heat up, many could use maize varieties cultivated in hotter nations. Not so for a band of countries in the Sahel.

... Economics, reports the significant role international maize research plays in reducing poverty. It finds ... year have escaped poverty through the adoption of new maize varieties. Key economic benefits ...

Egypt has approved a Bt maize variety for commercialisation, the first genetically modified crop to gain approval in the country.

... down food prices, but at the cost of crop diversity—including among maize varieties. The modern varieties of maize have already won out in the commercial production of tortillas, among other staples. ...

... finding was that, after decades of breeding, most North American maize varieties no longer emitted EβC and ... University of Munich, transformed a non-emitting maize line with a gene that encodes an EβC ...

... that controls so-called complex traits in maize, commonly known as corn. Instead, in two research ... institutions to assemble a set of genetic maize varieties called the maize nested association mapping ...