Zea is a genus of grasses in the family Poaceae whose most important member is Zea mays, known as maize or corn. Maize is one of the world's principal cereal crops, cultivated globally as a source of human food, animal feed, and raw material for products ranging from starch and oil to biofuel. Native to the Americas…
Zea is a genus of grasses in the family Poaceae whose most important member is Zea mays, known as maize or corn. Maize is one of the world's principal cereal crops, cultivated globally as a source of human food, animal feed, and raw material for products ranging from starch and oil to biofuel. Native to the Americas, it provides carbohydrates along with proteins, vitamins, and minerals, and its productivity makes it central to agriculture and food security. As both a crop and a model organism, maize is widely studied in plant biology, genetics, and agronomy. Within the scope of a journal devoted to Advances in Plant Biology, research on Zea mays has examined how triacontanol can alleviate nickel toxicity in maize seedlings by controlling metal uptake and enhancing the antioxidant system, and how the use of biofertilizers on maize grown for silage or in meadows relates to improvements in milk quality and farm economics. These studies address both the stress physiology and the practical cultivation of maize. This page gathers peer-reviewed, open-access research relevant to maize and plant biology, offering researchers, students, and growers freely accessible scientific work.
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