Global maize production, consumption and trade: trends and R&D implications
Food Security, 2022 Since its domestication some 9,000 years ago, maize (Zea mays L.; corn) has played an increasing and diverse role in global agri-food systems. Global maize production has surged in the past few decades, propelled by rising demand and a combination of ...
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China can be self-sufficient in maize production by 2030 with optimal crop management
Nature Communications, 2023 Population growth and economic development in China has increased the demand for food and animal feed, raising questions regarding China’s future maize production self-sufficiency. Here, we address this challenge by combining data-driven projections with
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Studies on applying SNP markers to breeding drought-tolerant maize hybrids
Vietnam Journal of Science, Technology and Engineering, 2022 The results of testing the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center’s (CIMMYT’s) hybrid combinations, developed from hybrid 790 F2:3 lines and 10 parental lines, using two testers (CML451 and CLO2450) under optimal and managed drought conditions
Nguyen Xuan Thang +11 more
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De novo assembly, annotation, and comparative analysis of 26 diverse maize genomes
Science, 2021 An a-maize-ing set of genomes Maize is an important crop that is cultivated worldwide. As maize spread across the world, selection for local environments resulted in variation, but the impact on differences between the genome has not been quantified.
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Quality parameters of maize hybrids intended for silage production [PDF]
Acta Agriculturae Serbica, 2022 This study's primary objective was to assess the quality parameters of fifteen different genotypes of Serbian maize hybrids in order to establish whether they were suitable for making high-quality silage for ruminant feed.
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Effects of Climate Change and Drought Tolerance on Maize Growth
Plants, 2023 Climate change is affecting all regions of the world with different climates, and the scale of damage is increasing due to the occurrence of various natural disasters.
Kyung-Hee Kim, Byung-Moo Lee
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The variability and interdependence of basic technological quality parameters of maize hybrids in long-term research [PDF]
Selekcija i Semenarstvo, 2021 In the process of hybrid maize breeding, the greatest attention is directed towards increasing the level and stability of the yield, while grain quality is of secondary importance.
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Food Security and the Dynamics of Wheat and Maize Value Chains in Africa and Asia
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2021 There is an ongoing debate about how best to feed the growing world population in the long run and associated implications for research and development.
U. Grote +3 more
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Two teosintes made modern maize
bioRxiv, 2023 Despite its global importance as a crop with broad economic, dietary, and cultural importance, the origins of maize and its closest wild relatives remained the topic of vigorous debate for nearly a century.
Ning Yang +29 more
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Genomic regions associated with heat stress tolerance in tropical maize (Zea mays L.)
Scientific Reports, 2021 With progressive climate change and the associated increase in mean temperature, heat stress tolerance has emerged as one of the key traits in the product profile of the maize breeding pipeline for lowland tropics.
Kaliyamoorthy Seetharam +13 more
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