Well, the plant from which maize derives ... Nine thousand years ago, the maize cob was very hard, and eating it raw would have made you very ill. It needed to be cooked in a mixture of water ...

By reconstructing the genomes of archaeological maize cobs and kernels, the study, by researchers at the University of York and the University of Copenhagen, revealed that 1,000-year-old maize ...

THE optimum plant density for a crop often decreases as the climate becomes drier. The usual explanation for this, that wider spacing of plants decreases competition for water 1,2, overlooks the ...

But, for some crops like maize, the tedious task of manually shelling the cobs can quickly dilute that joy, especially for small scale farmers who cannot afford a tractor-powered shelling machine.

The drier can dry 500 kilos of maize to moisture level of 13 per cent in three hours. The main source of energy are cobs which are burned to provide heat. An in built fan then passes the heat and ...

Well, the plant from which maize derives ... Nine thousand years ago, the maize cob was very hard, and eating it raw would have made you very ill. It needed to be cooked in a mixture of water ...

One of his wives, Rose Karina, brought out a small black pot with a few maize cobs in it ... and the the UN's Development Programme (UNDP) to plant more traditional crops, as they require less ...

The findings reinforce the theory, based on genetic evidence from plants alive now ... The samples of partially domesticated maize analyzed in the study include cobs, straw and grains from ...

By reconstructing the genomes of archaeological maize cobs and kernels, the study, by researchers at the University of York and the University of Copenhagen, revealed that 1,000-year-old maize from ...