Female ear development during the pre- and post-silking period is critical for maize yield. Although plant growth regulators can enhance yield, their specific effects on ear morphogenesis and ...

Breeding programmes have increased the yields of major crops, including maize (Zea mays L.), but the suitability of optimized traits to future climates remains unclear. Here, by comparing the ...

Instead of relying on time-consuming and subjective visual scoring, the team designed Maize-IRNet, a deep-learning model that grades tassel anther emergence and ear seed setting directly from images.