So basically, in this sense, the corn plants of the future can have their cake and eat it too. The varieties we simulated that took advantage of the ability to grow more leaves yielded more under ...

In recent years, there have been tremendous improvements in the development of super sweet corn varieties that can germinate well in cold soil. You enter the corn field and start walking down a row.

AMES, Iowa – A project to increase the genetic diversity of seed corn is celebrating its 20th anniversary with an open house and field day on Friday, Sept. 20, to highlight the program’s history. The ...

AMES, Iowa -- It’s hard to beat fresh sweet corn in the summer. Or is it? Two Iowa State University faculty are part of a major federal research project aimed at boosting sweet corn quality, using the ...