Imagine it’s a fall day at your local pumpkin patch or corn maze. Have you ever thought about the tapestry of beautiful and varied colors of kernels on a cob of corn, and how those colors come to be?

ITHACA, N.Y. -- In a powerful show of unity and civic engagement, over 500 scientists across the country are taking to their local newspapers the week of June 16 to champion the value of publicly ...

LA JOLLA (October 10, 2025)—Joseph Ecker, PhD, has been awarded the 2026 Barbara McClintock Prize for Plant Genetics and Genome Studies from the Maize Genetics Cooperation, a global organization of ...