Defoliation of maize plants, based on percent seed moisture, has advantageous outcomes including greater number of seeds per pound; increased volume or proportion of saleable seed per field and per female acre; decreased discard of seed due to commercially undesirable size or shape; lower moisture ...
Despite quantum jump in maize seed production, 14 tons by 7 CBSP groups in 2000 to 1,036 tons by 207 groups in 2012, seed marketing remained one of the challenges in HMRP districts. Main objective of this study was to analyze maize seed production trend and presowing seed contracts in ...
The feasibility of introducing opaque-2 maize for human consumption in Colombia The objectives of this study were to identify the major social and economic obstacles to the introduction and expansion of the production, marketing and hu... P Pinstrupandersen - 《Technical Bulletin Centro Internacional...
The study aimed to analyze profitability and resource use efficiency of maize seed production in Palpa district of Nepal. Raosoft Inc. software was used to determine the sample size of 182 maize seed producers from the total 260 maize seed producers in the district. Data was collected using a ...
In subject area: Earth and Planetary Sciences Effects on seed production can be measured as the number of seeds produced when pollinators have access or are excluded from flowers (S. Johnson et al. 2004, Norman and Clayton 1986, Norman et al. 1992, Steffan-Dewenter and Tscharntke 1999, ...
proprietary inbred maize lines. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing ... LL Carrigan - US 被引量: 22发表: 2007年 Position and problems of breeding and seed-production work with maize in the USSR. The most successful varieties have included several top-cross hybrids and ...
Seed Production in Western Kenya: Plant Growth and Yield Studies have shown that that about 85% of maize farmers in Western Kenya plant local varieties with about 80% using own farmsaved seeds. The production system is characterized by late harvesting, heavy striga infestation, use of local va...
Oils for cooking, margarine production, painting, and lubrication are available from the seeds of flax, rape, cotton, soybean, poppy, castor bean, coconut, sesame, safflower, sunflower, and various cereal grains. Essential oils are obtained from such sources as juniper“berries,” used in gin ...
Ionomic and metabolic responses to neutral salt or alkaline salt stresses in maize (Zea mays L.) seedlings. BMC Plant Biol. 2017, 17, 41. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [PubMed] Jacob, P.T.; Siddiqui, S.A.; Rathore, M.S. Seed germination, seedling growth and seedling development ...
The use of alien chromosomes from Tripsacum to mask the expression of undesirable recessive traits in the production of hybrid corn seed is disclosed. When an alien addition monosome is used as a pare