Popcorn is an iconic movie night snack and can be flavored in all sorts of ways. But, what type of corn does popcorn come ...

MAIZE (Zea Mays L.), or ‘‘corn as it is known throughout North America and so called throughout this article, is by far the largest crop grown in the United States, having many different uses ...

玉米（Zea mays ...

玉米，作为全球种植面积最大、产量最高的粮食作物，一直以来都是人类重要的营养来源。近期，《生物技术通报》发表的题为《玉米籽粒淀粉生物合成及调控因素研究进展》的文章，系统总结了玉米籽粒中的淀粉生物合成机制及其调控因素，为我们揭开了这一重要领域的研究进展。

The Cinemark movie chain plans to serve up a massive amount of buttery goodness on National Popcorn Day in January. Cinemark, a nationwide chain with eight theaters in Las Vegas and Reno, invites ...

The corn found on a typical dinner table is most likely unable to pop. Only the Zea mays everta variety is able to become popcorn. The particular corn variety has small ears, and the kernels burst ...

Goss’s Wilt is a bacterial disease, and there are no recorded fungicides that work against it. It can be managed by planting highly resistant maize hybrids, by reducing movement of infected stubble ...

The agricultural department has issued an alert after a bacterial disease on maize has been detected in four provinces in South Africa.

36 of 1983) and Control Measures R.110 as amended. “Maize (Zea mays) is the only known economically important host of the pathogen. Over short distances, the disease can be spread within a field ...

Only one strain of maize — scientifically known as Zea mays everta — makes popcorn. “Popcorn differs from other types of maize/corn in that it has a thicker pericarp/hull,” the Popcorn ...

This process can be likened to ‘cross-fertilisation’ (Bonilla), a form of horticultural technique, where ideas or legal ...

Roots constitute the first organ to respond to environmental changes and are essential for sessile organisms in terms of anchoring to the soil and taking up nutrients and water (Aiken and Smucker, ...