Sowing of both species was conducted by hand in the third decade of April, on the same date for both species. Faba bean seeds of the Nadwiślański (open-pollinated varieties) were sown in the middle of maize inter-rows, at a distance of 35 cm from the maize rows. The faba bean ...
A field trial was carried out at the University of Zimbabwe farm located in Harare. Three varieties of maize (SC719, SC635 and SC 403) were grown. Reference evapotranspiration was computed from daily weather data using the FAO Penman Monteith equation. The BUDGET model was validated by ...
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The amounts of provitamin A in traditional yellow maize varieties range widely from 0.25 ìg to 2.5 μg/g dry weight. Most yellow maize contains less than 2 μg/g while white maize has almost no provitamin A carotenoids [21]. Although β-carotene has the highest provitamin A activity, it...
This would result in the existence of hidden hunger in the former Katanga province. In addition, this former province is a mining area known to have a high rate of malnutrition [7]. To alleviate this problem of malnutrition, the use of provitamin maize varieties has become an cost-effective...
Hybrid maize is sold across the roughly 5000 agro-dealers that operate in the country (Mabaya et al., 2021). A key assumption that underpins public and donor investments in crop breeding is that farmers will replace old hybrids and varieties when they become aware of the superiority of new ...
For this purpose, we examined the effects of P and Zn fertilization individually and in combination on growth, yield and grain protein content in maize grown in pots filled with three different Mediterranean soils (LCV, FER and INM). Phosphorus and Zn translocation to grain was impaired, and ...
Maize has for many decades been both one of the most important crops worldwide and one of the primary genetic model organisms. More recently, maize breeding has been impacted by rapid technological advances in sequencing and genotyping technology, transformation including genome editing, doubled haploi...
Risk can also be reduced through genetic means by introducing varieties tolerant to (biotic and abiotic) stresses and early maturing varieties. In Ghana, maize varieties such as Omankwa, Aburohemaa, and Abontem are drought- and Striga-tolerant (DTMA, 2013), but they are not widely cultivated...
In these laboratory trials, we analysed the changes in the nutrient composition of smallholder farmer grown varieties of maize and cowpea grain (one white hybrid maize variety, one proVitamin A biofortified orange maize variety, and one cowpea variety) after different storage durations in the ...