Kolhapur: State govt has approved existing single-feed distilleries, which primarily rely on molasses and sugar cane juice, ...

In just about every corner of the globe, maize is an essential crop. Americans, who call it corn, dedicate more than 90 million acres to it — roughly the same size as the entire state of Montana. But ...

For C.A.N to supply 160 kilos of nitrogen to the maize crop, a farmer needs 615 kgs of the fertilizer which retails at Ksh 2200 per 50 kg bag. Therefore, a farmer needs around 12.3 bags of C.A.N.

Combined with weather records, they show that yield losses would occur across 65 percent of maize-growing areas from a temperature rise of a single degree Celsius, even with sufficient water.

Corn – or maize, as it's known to scientists – is a high-energy delicacy for local game, which is why it is used specifically for winter feeding and to divert animals from farmers' fields.

Corn grass is a monogenic dominant type of maize that arose by a single macromutation. It has narrow leaves, many tillers and under field conditions hardly ever sheds pollen. It can be propagated ...

Maize for the Gods brings together new research by archaeologists, archaeobotanists, plant geneticists, and a host of other specialists as they trace the history of Maize, exploring the complex ways ...