This is why it couldn't be a Maize Out this weekend.
November 5, 2026 at 11:51 PM
This is why it couldn't be a Maize Out this weekend.
The maize pants have been cut off the Paul Bunyan Trophy
November 8, 2026 at 4:11 AM
The maize pants have been cut off the Paul Bunyan Trophy
praise the maize
November 8, 2026 at 5:41 PM
praise the maize
And nothing is worse than the all maize.
November 8, 2026 at 12:16 AM
And nothing is worse than the all maize.
Looking forward to this meeting! Fun maize biology in Chengdu in April! If you're interested, drop me a line. Good lineup of speakers already (not yet on website) and more coming! ifmb.maizemeeting.com/en/
The 2nd International Forum on Maize Biology (IFMB 2027)
Sichuan Agricultural University will host the second International Forum on Maize Biology in Chengdu, China, in 2027. The forum brings maize researchers together to share recent advances and address c...
ifmb.maizemeeting.com
November 7, 2026 at 3:27 AM
Looking forward to this meeting! Fun maize biology in Chengdu in April! If you're interested, drop me a line. Good lineup of speakers already (not yet on website) and more coming! ifmb.maizemeeting.com/en/
The field opposite my house finally had the Maize crop harvested this week.
Despite the field being sprayed with herbicide there's thankfully still plenty of wildflowers which have managed to thrive including this Scentless Mayweed.
#Wildflowerhour
#Anglesey
Despite the field being sprayed with herbicide there's thankfully still plenty of wildflowers which have managed to thrive including this Scentless Mayweed.
#Wildflowerhour
#Anglesey
November 8, 2026 at 8:03 PM
The field opposite my house finally had the Maize crop harvested this week.
Despite the field being sprayed with herbicide there's thankfully still plenty of wildflowers which have managed to thrive including this Scentless Mayweed.
#Wildflowerhour
#Anglesey
Despite the field being sprayed with herbicide there's thankfully still plenty of wildflowers which have managed to thrive including this Scentless Mayweed.
#Wildflowerhour
#Anglesey
Corn? Maize? What the Ineffable can agree on is another lovely fall day in #IneffableAutumn2026.
November 4, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Corn? Maize? What the Ineffable can agree on is another lovely fall day in #IneffableAutumn2026.
Michigan WBB busting out the Big Game Maize, good call.
November 5, 2026 at 11:49 PM
Michigan WBB busting out the Big Game Maize, good call.
Un debate encarnizado sobre si llamar «corn» o «maize» a lo que en castellano es, simplemente, «maíz» | #internet | www.microsiervos.com/archivo/inte... | por @alvy.bsky.social
La guerra eterna del maíz
Un debate encarnizado sobre si llamar «corn» o «maize» a lo que en castellano es, simplemente, «maíz».
www.microsiervos.com
November 7, 2026 at 9:53 AM
Un debate encarnizado sobre si llamar «corn» o «maize» a lo que en castellano es, simplemente, «maíz» | #internet | www.microsiervos.com/archivo/inte... | por @alvy.bsky.social
They're supposed to be maize pants
November 7, 2026 at 1:20 AM
They're supposed to be maize pants
November 7, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Out today! Our analysis of how human genetics and language (don't) structure maize diversity in the Americas. A really fun interdisciplinary collaboration led by @sjsnodgrass.bsky.social and @genomeofforrest.bsky.social and coadvisors @gcbias.bsky.social and Dan Runcie. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Maize genetic diversity is largely unstructured by human ethnolinguistic diversity in its center of origin | PNAS
Population structure and environmental features often capture major axes of genetic
variation in many species. Yet the impacts of human activity of...
www.pnas.org
November 4, 2026 at 10:57 PM
Out today! Our analysis of how human genetics and language (don't) structure maize diversity in the Americas. A really fun interdisciplinary collaboration led by @sjsnodgrass.bsky.social and @genomeofforrest.bsky.social and coadvisors @gcbias.bsky.social and Dan Runcie. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
A great work by @silastittes.bsky.social, that I think is some really careful popgen with a neat finding: adaptive alleles in teosinte seem to have moved between populations using maize as a bridge. But it had a tough time in review: it was preprinted in 2021 and not published until 2025 (!!).
The population genetics of convergent adaptation in maize and teosinte is not locally restricted
Adaptation of domesticated maize and its wild relative teosinte has been facilitated by the geographically widespread exchange of beneficial alleles between them.
elifesciences.org
November 8, 2026 at 6:26 AM
A great work by @silastittes.bsky.social, that I think is some really careful popgen with a neat finding: adaptive alleles in teosinte seem to have moved between populations using maize as a bridge. But it had a tough time in review: it was preprinted in 2021 and not published until 2025 (!!).
For MAIZE, deliveries now stand at 15.5 million tonnes. South Africa is poised to harvest an ample 17.7 million tonnes of maize, the largest harvest on record.
November 7, 2026 at 10:49 AM
For MAIZE, deliveries now stand at 15.5 million tonnes. South Africa is poised to harvest an ample 17.7 million tonnes of maize, the largest harvest on record.
Along the way half the story was lost: the v1 preprint had the first careful analysis of linked selection in maize (and one of the few in any plant). We found 92% of the maize genome has been affected by selection, but only 12% of the teosinte genome! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Not so local: the population genetics of convergent adaptation in maize and teosinte
What is the genetic architecture of local adaptation and what is the geographic scale that it operates over? We investigated patterns of local and convergent adaptation in five sympatric population pa...
www.biorxiv.org
November 8, 2026 at 6:26 AM
Along the way half the story was lost: the v1 preprint had the first careful analysis of linked selection in maize (and one of the few in any plant). We found 92% of the maize genome has been affected by selection, but only 12% of the teosinte genome! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
I liked when they spent a ton of money updating the umich logo to...a big maize M
November 8, 2026 at 6:12 PM
I liked when they spent a ton of money updating the umich logo to...a big maize M
Same! Gorgeous maize and blue here!
November 8, 2026 at 1:47 AM
Same! Gorgeous maize and blue here!
One can of beer, a large bag of maize based snacks and an hour of purile comedy with Drop Dead Fred.
November 8, 2026 at 4:52 PM
One can of beer, a large bag of maize based snacks and an hour of purile comedy with Drop Dead Fred.
This is neat!
"Using publicly available genotyping and passport data from approximately 2,000 traditional maize varieties, more than 500 whole genome sequences of humans from Mexico, and indigenous linguistic maps, we quantify anthropogenic effects on maize genetic diversity in the Americas." 🧪
"Using publicly available genotyping and passport data from approximately 2,000 traditional maize varieties, more than 500 whole genome sequences of humans from Mexico, and indigenous linguistic maps, we quantify anthropogenic effects on maize genetic diversity in the Americas." 🧪
November 4, 2026 at 9:57 PM
This is neat!
"Using publicly available genotyping and passport data from approximately 2,000 traditional maize varieties, more than 500 whole genome sequences of humans from Mexico, and indigenous linguistic maps, we quantify anthropogenic effects on maize genetic diversity in the Americas." 🧪
"Using publicly available genotyping and passport data from approximately 2,000 traditional maize varieties, more than 500 whole genome sequences of humans from Mexico, and indigenous linguistic maps, we quantify anthropogenic effects on maize genetic diversity in the Americas." 🧪
Excited to share our latest paper on maize ARF27, which is a key regulator of root morphogenesis. This work is dedicated to Nick Lauter 🌽 doi.org/10.1111/nph....
Identification of auxin response factor <fc>ARF27</fc> as a regulator of maize root morphogenesis
Working model for Zea mays ARF27 mediated primary root growth in maize
doi.org
November 3, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Excited to share our latest paper on maize ARF27, which is a key regulator of root morphogenesis. This work is dedicated to Nick Lauter 🌽 doi.org/10.1111/nph....
November 6, 2026 at 12:52 PM
SOUTH AFRICA EXPORTED 35,421 TONNES OF MAIZE LAST WEEK. About 56% went to Zimbabwe, and the rest to neighbouring countries.
November 7, 2026 at 11:25 AM
SOUTH AFRICA EXPORTED 35,421 TONNES OF MAIZE LAST WEEK. About 56% went to Zimbabwe, and the rest to neighbouring countries.
The USDA offers an optimistic outlook for South Africa’s 2026-27 maize production.
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The USDA gives an optimistic view of South Africa’s 2026-27 maize production prospects
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November 6, 2026 at 2:53 PM
The USDA offers an optimistic outlook for South Africa’s 2026-27 maize production.
wandile.substack.com/p/the-usda-g...
wandile.substack.com/p/the-usda-g...