The rains are here and farmers are busy. Maize farmers should understand the growth and development of the plant to do proper crop husbandry to maximise yields. Although farmers have no control of ...

At this time of the year, nearly all maize-growing areas in Kenya have planted and the crop is at the vital stage where nutrition will determine the quality and the size of the harvest. At this stage, ...

The drier the region, the fewer seminal roots the maize varieties cultivated there had on average (black figure; the pie chart shows the proportion of varieties with up to one seminal root in yellow, ...