Farmers prepare to store their maize after harvesting. Many are counting losses due to heavy rains. [Kipsang Joseph] Maize farmers in Nakuru are staring at huge losses caused by heavy rains ...

Maize roots secrete certain chemicals that affect the quality of soil. In some fields, this effect increases yields of wheat planted subsequent to maize in the same soil by more than 4%. While the ...

Commentators are sounding the alarm after revelations that 132 tonnes of maize flour belonging to ADMARC rotted in warehouses in Liwonde and Blantyre—an episode they say lays bare a deeper crisis of ...

When a maize plant is attacked by the fungus Ustilago maydis, tumor-like tissue growths occur at the site of infection. How the pathogen causes this response in its host has long been unknown. But a ...

When a maize plant is attacked by the fungus Ustilago maydis, tumor-like tissue growths occur at the site of infection. How the pathogen causes this response in its host has long been unknown. But a ...

This study systematically evaluates the effects of straw returning practices—specifically the timing, depth, and amount—on the occurrence of major maize diseases (northern leaf blight and ear rot), ...

Commentators are sounding the alarm after revelations that 132 tonnes of maize flour belonging to ADMARC rotted in warehouses in Liwonde and Blantyre--an episode they say lays bare a deeper crisis of ...