For a particularly prolific corn harvest, consider planting a few helpful neighbors, from herbs to vegetables to some sweet smelling flowers.

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The researchers think the crackling noises occur because of tiny fractures from the corn plant stretching, breaking and growing. The time-lapse video documents the noises, along with the plant ...

This research to cut US reliance on fertilizer would have helped farmers and the environment. Why was it halted?

Scientists are using artificial intelligence to determine which genes collectively govern nitrogen use efficiency in plants such as corn, with the goal of helping farmers improve their crop yields and ...

The United States is the world's leading producer of corn. This major cash crop requires large amounts of nitrogen to grow, but much of the fertilizer fed to corn is not taken up or used. Corn's ...