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EFFECTS OF COPPER-INDUCED STRESS ON SEED GERMINATION OF MAIZE (ZEA MAYS L.)

Agricultura, 2015
The existence of heavy metals in polluted soils requires remediation technologies that can solve the problem of contamination in an environmentally friendly way.
Melania Nicoleta Boros, V. Micle
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Mulching Increases Water Use Efficiency, Production and Profitability in Forage Cactus–Maize Intercropping Systems

Irrigation and Drainage, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study evaluated the growth, forage production, soil water balance, water indices, biological efficiency and competitive capacity of forage cactus and maize in monoculture and intercropping, with or without mulch. The experiment was conducted in Serra Talhada, Pernambuco, Brazil, using the cactus clone ‘Orelha de Elefante Mexicana’ (OEM ...
Kaique Renan da Silva Salvador, Mário Adriano Ávila Queiroz, Cleber Pereira Alves, José Edson Florentino de Morais, Carlos André Alves de Souza, Agda Raiany Mota dos Santos, Ênio Gomes Flôr Souza, Jose Madson da Silva, Fabiano Barbosa de Souza Prates, Randerson Cavalcante Silva, Adriano do Nascimento Simões, Hugo Rafael Bentzen Santos, Luciana Sandra Bastos de Souza, Thieres George Freire da Silva   +13 more
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Differential influence of shoot extracts of winter cover crops on seed germination of corn, soybean and indicator plants

Communications in Plant Sciences, 2017
The objective was to test the response of summer crops (Zea mays and Glycine max) and indicator plants to exposure to extracts of winter cover crops (Avena sativa, Lolium multiflorum and Triticum aestivum) regarding on seed germination.
Mirian Fracasso Fabiani, Leonardo Bianco de Carvalho, Pedro Luis da Costa Aguiar Alves   +2 more
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Mycoflora and Aflatoxin Contamination of Some Foodstuffs [PDF]

, 2013
Analysis was made of the mycoflora and aflatoxin contamination of Rice (Oryza sativa), Beans (Phaseolus vulgaris), Corn (Zea mays), and Groundnut (Arachis hypogaea) sold in four different markets in Sango-Ota, Ogun state, Nigeria.
Olarewaju, S.A., Oranusi, S. U.
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G-banding of plant chromosomes [PDF]

, 1986
A method for the staining of the chromosomal material of plant cells so as to induce G-Bands, useful in plant genetic studies such as hydridization. G-Banding is induced by contacting living plant cells, such as those of plants of the family Gramineae ...
Hsu, Tao-Chiuh
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An Evaluation of Oral Subchronic Toxicity of Maizinol (UP165), a Zea mays Leaf Extract

Journal of Applied Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Maize (Zea mays) has been consumed by humans for millennia and represents the third most abundant crop grown globally. Maize and maize‐derived products have a long history of safe consumption from bread and other cereal products in human diets worldwide. Aside from key dietary components like carbohydrates and proteins, the corn plant contains
J. Kyle Weston, Barry S. Lynch, James A. Akingbasote   +2 more
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LOS FENOLES DEL POLEN DEL GÉNERO ZEA

Acta Botanica Mexicana, 2013
Se analizó la variabilidad de la composición fenólica del polen de 32 poblaciones de Zea mays subsp. mexicana, Zea mays subsp. parviglumis, Zea mays subsp. mays, Zea diploperennis, Zea perennis y Zea luxurians de México y Guatemala.
Norma Almaraz-Abarca, Diana Mar\u00EDa Rivera-Rodr\u00EDguez, David Arr\u00E1ez-Rom\u00E1n, Antonio Segura-Carretero, Jos\u00E9 de Jes\u00FAs S\u00E1nchez-Gonz\u00E1lez, Amanda Delgado-Alvarado, Jos\u00E9 Antonio \u00C1vila-Reyes   +6 more
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Effect of Ulva lactuca Aqueous Extract on Growth, Minerals, Chlorophyll Content, Rubisco Activity and Rubisco Activase in Zea mays Seedlings

Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology, 2018
The present study aimed to investigate the biological effects of different concentrations of Ulva lactuca aqueous extract (ULAE) on the growth parameters and biochemical characteristics of Zea mays.
Amani Abdel-Latif, Reem Badr, Injy Hassan, Gamal Osman   +3 more
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A comparative study of Tam3 and Ac transposition in transgenic tobacco and petunia plants [PDF]

, 1989
Transposition of the Anthirrinum majus Tam3 element and the Zea mays Ac element has been monitored in petunia and tobacco plants. Plant vectors were constructed with the transposable elements cloned into the leader sequence of a marker gene ...
A Day, A Herrmann, A Hoekema, A Hudson, AH Shirsat, B Baker, B Baker, C Martin, C Martin, C O'Reilly, Caius M. T. Rommens, D Inzé, DC Baulcombe, F Sanger, G Ditta, H Sommer, H. John J. Nijkamp, J Gielen, J Paz-Ares, Jacques Hille, JDG Jones, JI Yoder, Jie Gao, JM Goddard, KC Cone, LO Vodkin, M Motto, M-A Grandbastien, MA Sluys Van, Michel A. Haring, NV Fedoroff, P Maliga, P Nevers, P Vlaming De, R Carpenter, RA Jefferson, S Knapp, SL Dellaporta, T Maniatis, Tjeerd Volbeda, U Behrens, WD Sutton   +41 more
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An In Vitro and In Vivo Assessment of the Genotoxic Potential of Maizinol (UP165), a Zea mays Leaf Extract

Journal of Applied Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Benzoxazinoids are secondary metabolites produced in monocotyledons and some dicotyledons from the Acanthaceae, Ranunculaceae, Scrophulariaceae, Plantaginaceae, and Lamiaceae families. Benzoxazinoids are commonly consumed in bread and cereal products that have been ingested for decades, which supports the safe use of benzoxazinoids as food ...
J. Kyle Weston, Barry S. Lynch, James A. Akingbasote   +2 more
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