Lost in a corn maze? : Developing Epigenetics based Agronomic Tools in Maize

I just want to start this off by saying that I was NOT the woman who called the police yesterday, because her family was lost in a corn maze coincidently nearby New England Biolabs.  It could have easily been me – but I swear it wasn’t!  View the amusing story here. Ah autumn. It’s harvest time in New England. It’s usually a lot of fun. Going to the farm…picking apples, getting lost in corn mazes, riding tractor hay rides. Who doesn’t love this season? The epigenetics contribution to genetically food and crop science has been on my mind as a topic for a while now.  Everyone lauds a good cook.  But we all seldom appreciate the work done by the … Continue reading →