Indiaindustrialdirect human foodanimal feed industrymaize cultivationMaize is emerging as an important cereal crop in the world after wheat and rice, and is now an important ingredient in food, feed and a large number of industrial products. It has acquired a dominant role in the farming sector...
Fifteen million farmers in India engaged in Maize cultivation. India would require 45 MMT of Maize by 2022. But, only 15% of cultivated area of maize is under irrigation and water shortage has been a challenge for sustainability of maize production. Water deficit stress (WDS) during pre-...
The objectives of this research were: (i) to analyze the life cycle inventory of maize cultivation, maize cob pellet production and heavy fuel oil production in northern Thailand using IDEA v2.0 and ecoinvent v3.0 databases; (ii) to evaluate environmental impacts of maize cultivation, maize cob...
This contribution explores how new regions and crops are integrated in the contemporary food regime through a fieldwork-based approach to maize cultivation in rural Kar-nataka, South India. As an intrinsic part of the industrial grain-oilseed-livestock complex, maize is an important component of ...
Sustainable maize cultivation is continuously challenged by diseases that cause quantitative and qualitative losses in yield. Apart from abiotic stresses a number of fungal, viral and bacterial pathogens have been reported causing different diseases in maize (Payak and Sharma, 1980). Fusarium Stalk Rot...
See articles on corn and Zea Mays in L. H. Bailey's Cyclopaedia of American Horticulture (1900-1902); and for cultivation in India, Watt's Dictionary of the Economic Products of India, vi. (1893). Encyclopedia Alphabetically A * B * C * D * E * F * G * H * I * J * K *...
Crop diversification in India: a study of maize cultivation in Karnataka Growing need of agricultural production has been greatly felt with the growth of population, not only for the sake of food security but also for providing ... K Singha,A Chakravorty - 《Scientific Journal of Review》 被引...
Maize, also known as corn, is a warm season crop, requiring specific climate temperatures for successful cultivation. It thrives in regions with temperatures ranging between 60°F (15C°), and 95F° (35C°), and requires a frost-free growing season of about three months. Once the corn se...
CropLife India, an association of 16 R&D- (research and development) driven crop science companies, actively participated in the one day training-cum-workshop for extension officers and farmers on modern technology of maize cultivation and integrated management of fall armyworm (FAW), organised by ...
Cultivation Top Maize Producers in 2005 (million metric tons) United States 280 China 131 Brazil 35 Mexico 21 Argentina 20 Indonesia 15 France 13 India 12 South Africa 12 Italy 11 World Total 692 Source: UN Food & Agriculture Organisation (FAO)[3] Maize is widely ...