Tag: maize

This phase evaluate to screen Kenya Local Coastal Maize Landraces for Resistance to Maize Weevil (Sitophilus zeamais Motschulsky) and Larger Grain Borer (Prostephanus truncates). The maize weevil, Sitophilus zeamais, is a ever-present pest of maize and other wheat crops worldwide and remnants a threat to food protection in subsistence...

The objective concerning this study was to check the complementary effect of cowpea on some kind attributes of maize flour. Production of healthy low cost completing foods is a panacea to hunger in developing countries. Wheat is a well-known cereal grain that has happened used for the result of...

India is the world’s largest producer and user of sugar. The wastewater produced by molasses-based distilleries, as well as their product (alcohol), is known as spent wash. It has an acidic nature, with high BOD and COD values. The sugar business generates value added product by incinerating spent wash,...

The variety of endophytic bacteria in maize (Zea mays L.) grown on Acrisols in Southeast Vietnam was investigated. In this region, twenty-eight maize stem and root samples were gathered from five different locations (provinces/cities). Endophytic bacteria were isolated in two mediums (LGI and NFb) and 16S rRNA gene fragments...

Paddy, maize, soybeans, peanuts, green beans, cassava, and sweet potatoes are among the food crops grown in Indonesia’s Banten Province. Temperature and rainfall are thought to be intimately related to the production of these food crops. The goal of the study was to learn about the temperature and rainfall...

A field experiment was conducted on farmers’ fields in Sankumari village, Nabarangpur district, Odisha’s Eastern Ghat High Land (EGHL) zone, during the kharif 2016 season to investigate the impact of boron application on maize yield and economics. Due to its photo insensitivity, maize has been grown in a variety...

The goal of this study was to look at agronomical trait variation in 39 herbicide-tolerant M3 and 37 M4 maize lines from March to July 2015 and September 2015 to January 2016. The experiment used a randomised complete block in triplicates. Plant height, ear diameter, hundred seed weight, ear...

The maize lethal necrosis (MLN) disease is new to Africa; the first case was recorded in Kenya in 2012. Since then, the disease has spread rapidly to most parts of eastern and central Africa, including Tanzania, Burundi, DRC Congo, Rwanda, Uganda, Ethiopia, and South Sudan, with similar symptoms. Infection...

In view of the importance of maize and the supply gap in its demand, the production of maize in the country is given high priority. In addition, maize production is still very poor due to the number of biotic and abiotic variables, including nematode-induced losses. Heterodera zeae is considered...

Aims: To evaluate introgressed maize inbred lines and respective donor inbred lines for selected economic traits and adaptability. Study Design: Field evaluation was carried out in this study. Place and Duration of Study: The experimental material comprised 123 inbred lines: 76 introgressed inbred lines that combined temperate and tropical...