"When the conditions improve in spring, it picks up where it left off and hatches right around the time corn roots are ...

Plant corn with companion plants, also known as intercropping to grow a bountiful edible garden. Companion planting can ...

Corn roots will tell you whether they are getting adequate nutrients to reach high yield goals this season – if you go out in fields, dig and look. High-yield corn growers David Hula and Randy ...

when the larvae feed on developing corn roots. Bt corn designed to combat rootworm imbues the plant with proteins that are toxic to the insect but harmless for most other organisms, including ...

RNAi works in CRW as it feeds on corn roots by turning off functions the pest needs for development. Companies including Bayer Crop Science and Corteva Agriscience introduced RNAi in corn hybrids ...

Using a chronosequence of corn lines, University of Illinois researchers found decades of breeding and reliance on chemical fertilizers prevents modern corn from recruiting nitrogen-fixing microbes.

Plant a row of spinach where the corn will provide afternoon shade, adds Turner. Corn has deep roots while spinach has shallow roots so they're not competing for the same underground space.