Today, scientists like Jim Schwartz are looking below ground – in the root zone – for insights to improve corn hybrids. “We’re digging deeper to provide farmers with more knowledge about ...

The research focuses on corn—a critically important crop around the world—in an effort to create a cell-by-cell map of the plant's root system, which mediates drought stress and absorbs ...

Why? Because often the reasons for poor emergence or stand establishment lie beneath the soil surface. The young corn root system is essential for early-season growth and stand establishment and is ...

These images of root architecture in the field show the cipk15 mutant corn genotype had significantly steeper angles compared to the wildtype genotype. Plants were grown in low nitrogen conditions.

"Corn is no exception, and it turns out that early growers -- likely unknowingly -- selected for root traits that supported increased development of seeds and cobs," he said. "And while it is ...

The research focuses on corn -- a critically important crop around the world -- in an effort to create a cell-by-cell map of the plant's root system, which mediates drought stress and absorbs ...

The research focuses on corn—a critically important crop around the world—in an effort to create a cell-by-cell map of the plant’s root system, which mediates drought stress and absorbs nutrients and ...