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In Benin, maize production is important for food security and rural household incomes. However, it is subject to climatic variations that induce low yields and productivity levels. This innovative study categorizes the energy sources used in its production to identify levers for improving agricultural productivity. A survey of 230 maize growers in...
The development and productivity of maize, an important crop worldwide, may be stunted by several nutritional deficiencies. If we want to increase maize output, we need to find these problems quickly. This study suggests a thorough method for identifying nutritional deficits in maize plants by analyzing leaf photos. Our approach combines deep learn...
Global warming is projected to increase future droughts that will have a significant impact on maize cultivation in China. Therefore, we studied the changing climate patterns and its impact during the maize growth period (MGP) using the downscaled outputs from the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 (CMIP6) under two Shared Socioeconomic...
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This review article provides a comprehensive examination of the state-of-the-art in maize disease detection leveraging Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs). Beginning with the intrinsic significance of plants and the pivotal role of maize in global agriculture, the increasing importance of detecting and mitigating maize diseases for ensuring food s...
This study investigates the relationships between Benin's climate and maize production to develop an association rule algorithm for accurate yield prediction. The datasets utilized extend 26 years (1995 to 2020) and include climate and maize yield data from five districts with synoptic weather stations in two agroclimatic zones (Sudanian and Sudano...
Cotton, a valuable cash crop from the Gossypium genus, significantly contributes to the national economy. A primary challenge in cotton cultivation is the high labor demand for sowing. As labor shortages grow, sowing machinery has emerged as a viable alternative, decreasing labor expenses and operating duration. However, machine sowing requires wid...
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Soil acidity and tillage methods negatively affect crop yields in tropical and subtropical ecosystems. The goal of this study was to evaluate the long-term (32-year) impact of different soil tillage and liming strategies on crop yields, yield stability, and the residual effects on soil acidity properties of a subtropical Oxisol....
Recycling nutrients from human faeces is a practicable and effective process in terms of the circular economy. To test this, we carried out a pot experiment with a hygienized human faeces compost (HHFC) and a nitrified urine fertilizer (NUF) made from contents of dry toilets to determine the short-term fertilizer addition effect. HHFC variants were...
The methods traditionally used to recommend nitrogen (N) top-dressing on maize are, in most cases, inefficient because they do not take into account the spatial variability of soil existing in the area. Precision Agriculture (PA) is a powerful tool to focus on vegetation sensors, which are a method that has emerged as an alternative to estimate the...
In the recent past in order to increase the harvest, the production per hectare and its protection against pests and diseases, began to be used, in high doses, chemical and natural fertilizers. The aim of this paper is to analyse the impact of using five categories of fertilizers: chemical, nitrogen, phosphate, potassium and natural fertilizers fro...
Excess moisture (flooding, water logging, etc.) is a major source of crop damage causing catastrophic monetary losses to farmers around the world. Losses from excess water are often more common and costly than those from too little water (i.e., drought). Extreme weather patterns are predicted to increase, increasing the expected frequency of excess...
Drought is a major constraint on maize (Zea mays L.) production and productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The increase in frequency and severity of drought, driven by climate change, is expected to worsen in the future. These occurrences are likely to adversely affect maize production and productivity, threatening the economic and social stabil...
Nitrogen (N) is an essential plant nutrient, but low and variable plant‐available N levels in agricultural soils often limit maximum grain production. The objective of this study was to determine if a free‐living nitrogen‐fixing bacterial inoculant (NFI) could supply biologically‐fixed N as an additional N source and if this enhances maize (Zea may...
This study evaluates the effects of processing techniques (fermentation, sprouting, and toasting) on the chemical composition of local raw materials (yellow maize, sorghum, millet, and soybeans) for complementary food formulation. The raw materials underwent fermentation, sprouting, and toasting processes before analysis. Both processed and unproce...
Replacement control technology is a sustainable strategy for the control of invasive weeds. Two consecutive years of field experiments were conducted in Xichang city to assess the ecological and economical possibility of replacement control of Eupatorium adenophorum (Spreng.) King & H.Rob. with maize. Four treatment groups were planted with maize a...
It is well known that environmental factors, management strategy, and genotype can affect the composition of maize seeds. For this reason, eight maize conventional varieties from Korea were grown over three years, 2021, 2022, and 2023, in three sites, Daegu, Hongcheon, and Suwon of South Korea, to describe the natural variation in the maize seed co...
Accurate counting of cereals crops, e.g., maize, rice, sorghum, and wheat, is crucial for estimating grain production and ensuring food security. However, existing methods for counting cereal crops focus predominantly on building models for specific crop head; thus, they lack generalizability to different crop varieties. This paper presents Countin...
Maize yield is affected by meteorological conditions and cultivation management. Sowing date adjustment is one of the most commonly used cultivation management methods for achieving a high maize yield in the tropical area of Southwest China. This study conducted field experiments involving five maize cultivars with different sowing dates in Yunnan...
“El engaño neoliberal. Historias de exclusión en La Frailesca” examina, desde un enfoque socioantropológico, la exclusión que viven los pequeños productores de una región maicera en Chiapas, al sur de México. Presenta un recuento histórico de la conformación regional de La Frailesca, dando énfasis al periodo de reparto agrario de los años treinta y...
Seasonal drought and traditional water‐fertilizer management limit the increase in the grain yield of summer maize in Southwest China. Drip fertigation mode (HM) can effectively improve crop yields. However, research on drip fertigation has not been conducted in Southwest China. A 2‐year field experiment about HM was carried out with the traditiona...
The endosperm of cereal grains feeds the entire world as a major food supply; however, little is known about its defence response during endosperm development. The Inducer of CBF Expression 1 (ICE1) is a well-known regulator of cold tolerance in plants. ICE1 has a monocot-specific homologue that is preferentially expressed in cereal endosperms but...
The field experiment was conducted out at the Teaching and Research farm of Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University in Makurdi. during the 2018 and 2019 farming seasons to evaluate the performance of three groundnut varieties (SAMNUT 23, SAMNUT 24 and SAMNUT 25) in intercropping with maize at three levels of intra-row spacings (50 cm, 75 cm and 100 cm). Th...
Preliminary tests were carried out to determine the characteristics of candidate hybrid maize varieties compared to other varieties. This research aimed to evaluate the characteristics of 46 candidate maize hybrids. The study was conducted in Kamal sub-district, Bangkalan district, from March to June 2024. The plant material used in this research w...
Silaj yapımı hayvan rasyonlarının önemli bir bölümünü oluşturmakta ve işletme ekonomisi bakımından büyük önem taşımaktadır. Mısır (Zea mays L.) silajlık materyal olarak en fazla tarımı yapılan bitkidir. Fakat mısır bitkisinden yüksek verim alınabilmesi için yetiştirileceği bölgeye uygun çeşitlerin belirlenmesi gerekmektedir. Bu araştırma, Kahramanm...
Maize is affected by drought and heat, abiotic stress factors that have been encountered more often in recent years in various parts of Europe. In the area of Turda, Romania, extreme temperatures and heat waves combined with an uneven distribution of precipitation have been recorded that had an unfavorable influence on the maize crop. In this study...
En cártamo, estudios sobre el impacto de labranza de conservación (LC) en el rendimiento y sus componentes son limitados, por lo que el objetivo del presente estudio fue evaluar el rendimiento de cártamo y sus componentes en labranza tradicional (LT) y LC con rotación de cultivos. El estudio se realizó en el sur de Sonora, México, durante los ciclo...
Litter decomposition is important for soil nutrient cycling, but how the quality of litter links to nutrient dynamics is still unclear. In this work, high-quality Populus alba × P. Berolinensis, widely planted in Northeast China, and low-quality maize straw were selected as samples for a comparative study. In a short-term controlled litter decompos...
This study aimed to analyze yield components and maize yield cultivated at different population densities in management zones (MZs) delimited based on mapping the spatial variability of the soil’s apparent electrical conductivity (ECa). The soil ECa was measured, and two MZs were subsequently delimited, one with low ECa and the other with high ECa....
Reducing chemical usage, particularly chemical fertilizers, is a crucial measure for advancing sustainable agricultural development. This study utilized field survey data from 894 maize farmers across three northeastern provinces of China. A double machine learning modeling framework was established to empirically examine the impact and mechanism o...
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This study compared the ability of natural abundance (NA) and ¹⁵N-enrichment (EN) methods to quantify contribution of different N sources (fertilizer and legume N derived from fixation) to crop N uptake by maize crop grown in No-Till cropping system under field conditions. The quantitative estimates of different N contributions were then compa...
To better understand the growth adaptability of various maize varieties to the climate of the Alar region in Southern Xinjiang Province, an experiment was conducted using seven distinct maize varieties as test materials. A one-way randomized block design was applied to both experimental groups. In 2021 and 2022, a total of 19 indicators were observ...
Maize is one important staple foods in Indonesia whose demand increases every year, but its production is
threatened by the main pest Spodoptera frugiperda, including in Sumbawa Island, one of the centers of maize
production in Indonesia. Currently, S. frugiperda control still relies on synthetic insecticide because the
potential of natural enem...
Sorghum is a warm-climate crop that is tolerant of water shortages and drought. In terms of climate change in Europe, this cereal could be increasingly grown to replace maize where maize cannot be grown. Unfortunately, the agronomics and especially the optimum sowing date are currently not sufficiently researched, which means that many farmers pote...
Los residuos del tequila y el mezcal son un problema al no tener un manejo adecuado, por ello se utilizaron bagazos de tres especies de agave (A. tequilana, A. angustifolia y A. salmiana) como sustrato para el cultivo del hongo P. ostreatus, como propuesta de valor agregado al bagazo y evitar tiraderos clandestinos y contaminación. La investigación...
The pot experiment was conducted at the Department of Soil Science and Agril. Chem AAU, Anand, Gujarat during the march-may (2013) to study the effect of FP, DFM and FYM on soil properties and biomass production of fodder maize on sandy loam soil. The experiment was laid out in a Completely Randomized Block design, comprising eleven treatments i.e....
Genomic prediction enables rapid selection of maize varieties with low kernel water content (KWC), facilitating the development of mechanized maize harvesting and reducing costs. This study evaluated and characterized the KWC and grain yield (GY) of hybrid maize in northern China and used genomic prediction to identify superior hybrid combinations...
A field experiment was conducted entitled “Effect of Solid and Liquid Manures on growth and Yield of Maize” in Agronomy field at Guru Kashi University, Talwandi Sabo. The experiment was conducted in kharif 2023 in Randomized Block Design with three replications, under maize cropping system with eight nutrient management treatments. The data on numb...
The Fall Armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) has spread rapidly and has a significant impact on maize/corn production in several parts of the world. The pest was discovered in India in 2018 and has since become a significant risk to maize/corn cultivation, resulting in severe economic losses. This review aims to assess the status of Fall Armyworm in I...
A field experiment was conducted during Kharif 2023 at Lovely Professional University, Punjab, using a split-plot design (SPD) with five main plot treatments and five subplot treatments, replicated three times, to evaluate the effects of intercropping and nutrient management on maize growth and productivity. The main plot treatments consisted of cr...
Objetivo: identificar los insectos comestibles de la región Otomí-Tepehua y analizar su aporte nutricional. Metodología: para identificar las especies de insectos con importancia gastronómica local, se realizaron muestreos en la región Otomí-Tepehua, Hidalgo, México. Durante el año 2022, se recolectaron insectos comestibles en plantas de maíz, horm...
An initiative of AAU-Zonal Research Station, North Lakhimpur, Assam , India for sustainable development of poor tribal farmers of the economically underdeveloped district through maize cultivation and pig rearing with active tribal farmers participation
Maize, a fundamental crop globally, is particularly susceptible to a range of leaf diseases, which can result in substantial yield reductions and economic challenges for agricultural producers. Prompt and precise identification of these diseases is critical to minimizing their adverse effects on food security. This study investigates the applicatio...
Detailed description of IIIrd Instar larva and pupa of Phyllognathus dionysius is described along with notes on biology and distribution. Beetles belonging to the family scarabaeidae are economically important as crop pests. Grubs of P. dionysius are polyphagous and known to feed on roots of Jowar, Bajra, Maize, Turmeric, Sugarcane and Paddy while...
Straw mulching in conservation tillage farmland can effectively promote land utilization and conservation. However, in this farming mode, surface straw suppresses weed growth, affecting weed size and position distribution and obscuring the weeds, which hampers effective weed management in the field. Accurate weed identification and localization, al...
As a crop of critical global significance, maize requires substantial water throughout its growth cycle. However, with climate change intensifying and water resources becoming increasingly scarce, drought has emerged as a primary limitation on maize productivity. By delving into the molecular underpinnings of drought resistance in maize, researcher...
El objetivo fue determinar la composición química proximal de cuatro
tejidos de B. alicastrum y también evaluar el efecto de la cocción de las
semillas de Ramón sobre el contenido de compuestos fenólicos y la
capacidad antioxidante de la harina y tortillas. La hoja, la semilla, la piel
de semilla y la cáscara del fruto de Ramón se recolectaron,...
Maize farming is a major livelihood activity for many farmers in Ghana. Unfortunately, farmers usually do not obtain the expected returns on their investment due to reliance on rudimentary, labor-intensive, and inefficient methods of production. Using cross-sectional data from 359 maize farmers, this study investigates the profitability and determi...
The purpose of this study was to develop a complex composition of a foliar liquid mineral fertilizer containing NPK macroelements and microelements including Fe, Mg, B, S, Zn, Cu, Mo, Ni, V, and Cr. This complex fertilizer aims to support the optimal development and maturation of maize crops, thereby enhancing both the quality and quantity of produ...
With the continuous growth of global population, there is an increasing demand for high-yield crops, and how to improve the yield of maize, as an important food and feed crop, has become one of the important directions of agricultural research. Although traditional breeding techniques have made progress in improving high-yield traits in maize, thei...
This study aimed to evaluate the nitrogen (N) residual effects of winter cover crops (CCs) on soil N availability and corn (Zea mays L.) performance over two growing seasons and at two sites in Uruguay. Both conventional and isotopic methods were used to assess the N residual effects of two legume monocultures, a legume–grass mixture, an oat monocu...
This study tackles the significant issue of nitrogen loss through leaching and volatilization in traditional agricultural methods by focusing on enhancing nitrogen use efficiency and reducing losses using innovative fertilization strategies. Over a three-year field experiment, the effectiveness of various fertilization techniques was assessed, incl...
Conservation agriculture practices are promoted to increase productivity, profitability, and sustainability across diverse cropping systems. Many studies have used these goals in decision support frameworks to identify the most effective treatment among those examined. While this approach is valuable, it lacks actionable guidance for farmers regard...
Numerous factors, including genetic background, environmental conditions, agricultural practices, and postharvest management, affect maize grain quality. Six maize hybrids with common parental components were evaluated in micro- and production trials during five years, aiming at evaluating grain yield and grain quality traits and ascertaining the p...
Corn is an important commodity in Indonesia and one of the world’s staple foods. According to FAO in 2017, disease problems often hamper corn production. The main problems that affect crop yields are diseases that damage corn leaves, including rust, spot, blight and downy mildew. Manual disease identification on corn leaves has limitations in consi...
Background
In this study, tropical maize germplasms were used to construct a multiparent population (MPP) to identify novel genes associated with kernel protein content. The kernel protein content was quantified using near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) in the MPP, which was evaluated in three different environments.
Results
QTL mapping revealed 23...
The experiment was conducted from November, 2022 to February, 2023 (rabi season) and July, 2023 to October, 2023 (kharif season) respectively at the Agricultural Research Station, Karimnagar, Telangana State, India to identify resistant hybrids for charcoal rot disease in maize. 469 entries with check were screened in randomized block design by too...
To achieve high-quality no-till seeding, a wing-shaped stubble-breaking device with excellent stubble-breaking performance was designed for maize stubble. A model of maize stubble was developed based on the Discrete Element Method (DEM) and verified through soil bin tests. The DEM model was used to optimize the design parameters of the device and t...
Introducción. El cambio en el uso del suelo en la Península de Yucatán ha impactado en la vegetación, con influencia en el sistema milpa que depende de dicho recurso, y en consecuencia, disminuyen la fertilidad del suelo y el rendimiento de los cultivos. La agricultura de conservación (AC) con diversificación de cultivos, labranza cero y cobertura...