Nothing beats sweet Jersey corn in the summertime. But there’s no time for picnicking over at the small corn field by Green Lane Fields, where students and faculty in TCNJ’s biology department are researching the resiliency of one of the world’s most important crops. Leeann Thornton, professor of biology, is directing research into the defenses … Continue reading TCNJ biologists are on a mission to strengthen one of the world’s most versatile — and tasty — crops.