Chiapas 234, an already-tall corn variety from southern Mexico, develops twice as many. Karl carried on his corn-growing experiments at home while he was in college at Cornell University, a couple of ...

However, yield performance across the seed industry hasn’t been as ... “The reality is, we don’t really care if the corn is short or tall, but we have found as we push genetics to their ...

Whereas traditional corn stalks grow as tall as 12 feet, this variety reaches about half of that height. The diminutive stature combined with a sturdier base means that short corn is more ...

But soon, that towering corn might become a miniature of its former self, replaced by stalks only half as tall as the green .