Resilient yet productive: maize that can thrive under stress and in optimal conditions
Frontiers in Plant ScienceIn the Asian tropics, maize is predominantly grown as a rainfed crop during the summer-rainy season, which often suffers significant yield losses due to the erratic distribution pattern of monsoon rain that causes intermittent dry spells and/or excessive
Reshmi Rani Das +9 more
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The United States Love Affair with Maize: A National Security Issue?
, 2020 Maize is the most widely grown crop in the United States. The crop has a variety of applications being used for food, fuel, and in some industries. Maize is heavily integrated into the fabric of billions of lives across the world.
Kelly, Jared
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Efficacy of Transgenic Maize LD05 Against Fall Armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda)
PlantsThe fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith)), which invaded China in 2018, has caused severe corn yield losses and increased pesticide application frequency.
Wenlan Li +5 more
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Coping with Ex-ante Regulations for Planting Bt Maize: The Portuguese Experience [PDF]
, 2009 This article investigates the attitude and practices of Bt and non-Bt maize farmers in Portugal. Thirty-seven Bt maize farmers were interviewed, representing 22.5% of the total number of Bt maize notifications in the country and 31.5% of the total area ...
Fevereiro, P. +2 more
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Larval dispersal of the invasive fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda, the exotic stemborer Chilo partellus, and indigenous maize stemborers in Africa [PDF]
, 2020 Bonoukpoè Mawuko Sokame +4 more
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BMC Genomics, 2019 Background ERECTA (ER) is a leucine-rich repeat-receptor-like kinase gene (LRR-RLK) encoding a protein isolated from Arabidopsis. Although the regulatory functions of ER genes have been widely explored in plant development and disease resistance, their ...
Hanshuai Li +8 more
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Application of multivariate analysis to electrical penetration graphs using manual and automate waveform recognization from the planthopper Peregrinus maidis feeding on susceptible and resistant maize [PDF]
, 2004 The stylet penetration activities of Peregrinus maidis (Ashmead) (Homoptera: Delphacidae), vector of Maize mosaic virus (MMV) and Maize stripe virus (MStV) were studied by electrical penetration graphs (DC-EPG) on resistant and susceptible maize inbred ...
Buduca, Cécile +5 more
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The Effects of the Food Reserve Agency on Maize Market Prices in Zambia [PDF]
This policy synthesis estimates the effects of the Zambia Food Reserve Agency’s (FRA) activities on maize market prices in the country. The FRA, a government parastatal strategic food reserve/maize marketing board, buys maize at a pan-territorial price ...
Mason, Nicole M., Myers, Robert J.
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Does Land Use Patterns Matter for Bt-Maize: The Case of Maize Farming System in Kenya [PDF]
Population pressures and the need to optimize the use of limited available land has led to increasing cropping affluence levels within the maize agro-ecologies in Kenya, and a shift from large to smallholder intensification and multiple cropping patterns.
De Groote, Hugo +3 more
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Response to Cadmium Toxicity: Orchestration of Polyamines and microRNAs in Maize Plant [PDF]
, 2023 Seyedeh Batool Hassani +12 more
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