Effect of Varying Seed Rates of Maize (Zea Mays) and Teosinte (Euchlaena Mexicana) Mixture on the Yield and Chemical Composition of Fodder

Effect of Varying Seed Rates of Maize (Zea Mays) and Teosinte (Euchlaena Mexicana) Mixture on the Yield and Chemical Composition of Fodder
Author: C. P. Mohanan
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Release: 1976
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The present investigation included the effect of 40,50 and 60kg seed rates per hectare with pure maize pure teosite and maize teosinte in ratio of 1:1, 2:1, 1:2, 3:1 and 1:3 in 3 replicated trial on yield, chemical composition and cellulose digestabality. The overall green yield produced by 50 kg rate per ha was highest among seed ratios T7 produced the highest yield. The lowest yield was produced by T1 (pure maize). The highest yield of dry matter also was produced by 50 kg/ha. Among the seed ratios highest and lowest yields were produced by T2 and T1 respectively. Maize was significantly better than teosinte in dry matter and crude protein composition. The acid detergent fibre content was higher in teosinte than in maize. The cullulose content was higher in teosinte than maize. In total maize and teosinte seeds may be sown in the 1:3 ratio at 50 kg seed rate per hectare.

Agrindex

Agrindex
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Total Pages: 1204
Release: 1980
Genre: Agriculture
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The Cereal Rusts: Origins, specificity, structure, and physiology

The Cereal Rusts: Origins, specificity, structure, and physiology
Author: William Rodgers Bushnell
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Total Pages: 576
Release: 1984
Genre: Science
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Origins, specificity, structure, and physiology; Evolution at the center of origin; Taxonomy of the cereal rust fungi; Specificity; The formae speciales; Race specificity and methods of study; Genetics of the pathogen: host association; Histology and molecular biology of host: parasite; Virulence frequency dynamics of cereal rust fungi; The rust fungus; Controlled infection by Puccinia graminis f.sp. tritici under artificial conditions; Developmental ultrastructure of hyphae and spores; Development and physical of teliospores; Obligate parasitism and axenic culture; The host parsite interface; The rusted host; Effects of rust on plant development in relation to the translocation of inorganic and organic solutes.

The Maize Genome

The Maize Genome
Author: Jeffrey Bennetzen
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 390
Release: 2018-11-24
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3319974270

This book discusses advances in our understanding of the structure and function of the maize genome since publication of the original B73 reference genome in 2009, and the progress in translating this knowledge into basic biology and trait improvement. Maize is an extremely important crop, providing a large proportion of the world’s human caloric intake and animal feed, and serving as a model species for basic and applied research. The exceptionally high level of genetic diversity within maize presents opportunities and challenges in all aspects of maize genetics, from sequencing and genotyping to linking genotypes to phenotypes. Topics covered in this timely book range from (i) genome sequencing and genotyping techniques, (ii) genome features such as centromeres and epigenetic regulation, (iii) tools and resources available for trait genomics, to (iv) applications of allele mining and genomics-assisted breeding. This book is a valuable resource for researchers and students interested in maize genetics and genomics.

Reproductive Ecology of Flowering Plants: Patterns and Processes

Reproductive Ecology of Flowering Plants: Patterns and Processes
Author: Rajesh Tandon
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 413
Release: 2020-08-07
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9811542104

Sexual reproduction is the predominant mode of perpetuation for flowering plant species. Investigating the reproductive strategies of plants has grown to become a vast area of research and, in crop plants, covers events from flowering to fruit and seed development; in wild species, it extends up to seed dispersal and seedling recruitment. Thus, reproduction determines the extent of yield in crop plants and, in wild plants, also determines the efficacy of recruiting new adults to the population, making this field important both from fundamental and applied plant biology perspectives. Moreover, in light of the growing concerns regarding food and nutritional security for the growing population and preserving biological diversity, reproductive biology of flowering plants has acquired special significance. Extensive studies on various facets of reproduction are being carried out around the world. However, these studies are scattered across research journals and reviews from diverse areas of biology. The present volume covers the whole spectrum of reproductive ecology, from phenology and floral biology, to sexuality and pollination biology/ecology including floral rewards, breeding systems, apomixis and seed dispersal. In turn, transgene flow, its biosafety and mitigation approaches, and the ‘global pollinator crisis’, which has become a major international concern in light of the urgent need to sustain crop yield and biodiversity, are discussed in detail. Given its scope, the book offers a valuable resource for students, teachers and researchers of botany, zoology, ecology, agriculture and forestry, as well as conservation biologists.