JIPB

The #ClimateCrisis means that WUE is crucial for #plants.
Zhou et al. report that DSD1/ZmICEb regulates #stomatal #development and drought tolerance in #maize, creating a promising target for #genetic improvement.
doi.org/10.1111/jipb.13890
@wileyplantsci
#JIPB #agriculture #botany

JIPB

Heterotic groups are crucial for breeders to improve #hybrid vigor. Here, Xue et al. reveal key insights into the #genomic divergence of #maize heterotic groups in China, informing future #crop breeding efforts.
doi.org/10.1111/jipb.13884
@wileyplantsci
#PlantSci #agriculture #JIPB #botany #heterosis #OpenAccess

Alexander J. Stein

Cereal self-sufficiency in sub-Saharan #Africa increased from 2010-20 (despite a 29% increase in population), due to increased #yields (44%), area expansion (34%) & a shift from #millet to higher yielding #maize (22%)… (1/2) doi.org/10.1073/pnas... #foodsecurity

Prospects for cereal self-suff...

Petra van Cronenburg

2/5 Unfortunately, Mastodon mixes the sequence of the images. Find the page numbers in the alt texts with more descriptions.
And sorry for the blurries in some photos.

#artbook #AtelierTetebrec #mixedmedia #collage #corn #maize

Jun 23, 2025, 14:16 · · · 1 · 0
Petra van Cronenburg

1/5 A new art book is ready. I don't know why I craft them nor how to explain what I do. It's an intuitive way of working with colours, textures, mixed media and collage, for seeing, touching, and more. A very #meditative work.

This one was the attempt to find something beautiful in our maize #monocultures that I detest.
Just browse my book here.

#artBook #maize #corn #corncob #printing #mixedmedia #collage #paperArt #fiberArt #embroidery #slowStitching #intuitive #intuitiveArt #biodiversity

Annals of Botany

📘 Understanding node-specific root responses could help develop maize varieties with better water uptake in tough environments. (8/8)
👉 doi.org/pp4c

#PlantScience #Maize #DroughtResistance #RootBiology #CropResilience #Phenomics #AoBpapers

Annals of Botany

🌿Check the newly published article ‘Node of origin matters: comparative analysis of soil water limitation effects on nodal root anatomy in maize (Zea mays L.)’ in @AnnBot by Tina Koehler and co-authors 🧵(1/8)

👉 doi.org/pp4c

#PlantScience #Maize #DroughtResistance #RootBiology #CropResilience #Phenomics

Jun 03, 2025, 12:23 · · · 0 · 0
Toni Aittoniemi

Finland is really cold. Maize goes into the greenhouse!
#gardening #maize

in silico Plants

Advancements in Leaf Area Index Estimation for #Maize Using Modeling and #RemoteSensing Techniques: A Review
from Károly Bakó, Csaba Rácz, Tamás Dövényi-Nagy, Krisztina Molnár, Attila Dobos
doi.org/pjhb via Agronomy MDPI
#PlantScience

Alexander J. Stein

More frequent hot weather & #droughts dealt a significant blow to crop #yields, esp. for key #grains like #wheat, #barley & #maize. Warming & air dryness—a key factor in crop stress—surged in nearly every major agricultural region: woods.stanford.edu/news/heat-an... #climatechange #foodsecurity

Heat and drought are quietly h...

Bluesky

Bluesky Social
in silico Plants

🌽 3D #model of the #maize stalk captures the geometric features that affect lodging resistance
by Michael Ottesen, Joseph Carter, Ryan Hall, Nan-Wei Liu, Douglas D Cook
doi.org/phq7 #PlantScience

Bruce MacDonald

I call it maize.

"Even before the constitutional reform, it was mostly illegal to plant modified corn in Mexico thanks to a 2013 lawsuit brought by farmer activists. But experts say it still happens. And they say the presence of engineered seeds and corn in Mexico threatens the vast diversity of maize crops here, which span from burnt orange to purple and pink and which have been adapted over centuries to be grown at different altitudes and climates."
latimes.com/world-nation/story

#corn #maize #PlantGenetics

Mexico bans planting of genetically modified American corn

To protect thousands of varieties of Mexico's prized…

Los Angeles Times
Alexander J. Stein

Use of #GMO maize targeting #corn rootworm raises concerns about insect resistance. In the US, Bt #maize is overplanted, leading to economic losses. To protect #sustainable use of such crop #biotechnology resources, a more diversified & transparent #seed supply could help: doi.org/10.1126/scie...

Too much of a good thing: Less...