The developmental stages of the maize embryo sac were correlated with the corresponding silk lengths of ear florets in the female inflorescence. The development of embryo sacs in the ovules of spikes ...

Shawn R. Thatcher, Olga N. Danilevskaya, Xin Meng, Mary Beatty, Gina Zastrow-Hayes, Charlotte Harris, Brandon Van Allen, Jeffrey Habben and Bailin Li Alternative splicing plays a crucial role in plant ...

A team of researchers has mapped out the non-coding, 'functional' genome in maize during an early developmental window critical to formation of pollen-bearing tassels and grain-bearing ears. Growth ...

Global food security is facing multiple challenges from population growth, resource constraints, and climate change. UN data shows that over one-third of global food is lost or wasted during ...