Organic farmers often live on islands in a sea of genetically modified crops. More than 90 percent of the corn that farmers plant is genetically modified to resist pests and herbicides. And corn ...

If growing your own sweet corn isn't on your "must do" list, sweet corn from South Texas is abundantly available now in the grocers'. However, sweet corn harvested from your garden is a delight. It is ...

Pollen genes mutate naturally in only some strains of corn, according to Rutgers-led research that helps explain the genetic instability in certain strains and may lead to better breeding of corn and ...

Milkweeds growing in cornfields sometimes support monarch butterfly larvae at the same time the corn is shedding its pollen, according to a survey of cornfields in the Midwest, Maryland and Ontario.

Pollen wafts from a field of corn genetically engineered to make its own insecticide in amounts sufficient to kill monarch butterfly caterpillars nearby, according to an Iowa study. The corn variety ...

If there’s one thing that everyone in the GMO debate agrees upon, it’s that pollen spreads. It’s a basic fact of biology: Sex has always been hard to control. Expecting corn DNA to stop hustling ...

Nothing tastes better than homegrown corn, but, because of its demand for space, sweet corn has traditionally belonged to the domain of large country gardens. Sweet corn plants usually produce only ...

One of the best rewards of growing summer vegetables is sweet corn. It has a “summer is here” taste and is fun to eat, grilled or boiled. Growing sweet corn is straightforward, but with these helpful ...

Organic farmers often live on islands in a sea of genetically modified crops. More than 90 percent of the corn farmers plant is genetically modified to resist pests and herbicides. And corn pollen ...

Pollen genes mutate naturally in only some strains of corn, according to research that helps explain the genetic instability in certain strains and may lead to better breeding of corn and other crops.

MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL--Milkweeds growing in cornfields sometimes support monarch butterfly larvae at the same time the corn is shedding its pollen, according to a survey of cornfields in the Midwest, ...