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This Mexican town produces the largest corn in the world
A small Mexican town is home to the largest corn in the world, sometimes up to 40 cm long.
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Why are the children of Japanese samurai often weak and sick?
The world famous Japanese samurai are brave warriors, brave and rarely surrender to the enemy. However, the children of the samurai are not as healthy as their father. W…
Archeology
Fishermen stumble upon a 10,000-year-old giant shell in Argentina
This is the second gigantic shell of an extinct species found near Buenos Aires, Argentina in the past two years.
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Is corn a fruit, vegetable or cereal?
Is corn (fruit), fruit, vegetable or cereal? The question may seem silly to children but surely many adults will not know the answer.
Space science
NASA's $ 3.3 billion spacecraft buried the body on Saturn
NASA controllers ordered Cassini to commit suicide by plunging through Saturn's atmosphere, according to the BBC. The ship survived for about a minute before breaking.
Biology
European scientific research rejects the conclusion that genetically modified corn causes cancer
In September 2012, Séralini, a professor at Caen University, published a conclusive conclusion in the Food and Chemical Toxicology magazine about mice eating GM maize th…
Biology
6 academies rejected the study of GM maize causing cancer
The study concluded that genetically engineered (GM) corn for mice tested in the laboratory is just a misleading scientific event.
Biology
The first successful test of hybrid maize variety NV1
NV1 hybrid maize variety has many advantages such as short growth time, planting many crops, high survival rate, yield of 9-10 tons / ha.
Biology
Mexico successfully breeds drought-tolerant corn varieties
Scientists from the Mexican National Institute of Advanced Research (CINVESTAV) have recently bred and successfully tested new varieties of maize, which are 20% more dro…
Biology
Mexican people planted corn 10,000 years ago
The ancestor of the original corn plant grows wild in completely different Mexico, the modern plant is the most important food source in the world. While the evidence ob…
Biology
Create drought-resistant, high-yield wheat varieties
Scientists from the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (Mexico) have created wheat varieties that produce more than 50% of their yields in drought conditio…
Scientific application
Growing corn sticky rice - idle but quite income
With a growth time of 66-68 days, high yield and good quality, hybrid maize maize HN88 is being favored by farmers in many rice fields.
Scientific application
Vietnam has allowed the cultivation of three genetically modified corn varieties
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has just recognized the first three genetically modified corn varieties that are allowed to go into mass production in…
Scientific application
Maize culture has high salinity tolerance
Plant Nutrition Center of the University of Giessen, Germany, announced today the successful culture new varieties of high yield and resistant to salt stress very well.
Scientific application
Exploiting the potential of hybrid corn
The project 'Management of specialized nutrition for corn in Vietnam' by the Institute of International Plant Nutrition - Southeast Asia Program, in collaboration with a…