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  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,135 Views
13 Pages

The Influence of Precision Dripping Irrigation System on the Phenology and Yield Indices of Sweet Maize Hybrids

  • Árpád Illés,
  • Atala Szabó,
  • Seyed Mohammad Nasir Mousavi,
  • Csaba Bojtor,
  • Attila Vad,
  • Endre Harsányi and
  • Lúcia Sinka

12 August 2022

Sweet maize is an annual plant that is extremely useful and economical for planting and harvesting. However, maize stands are damaged quickly in the case of nutrient and water deficiency. This research was carried out under dripping irrigation condit...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,502 Views
18 Pages

Material Properties Changes Caused by High Temperature Drying—Corn Cobs Case Study

  • Marek Wróbel,
  • Marcin Jewiarz,
  • Jozef Krilek and
  • Luiza Dmochowska-Kuc

15 May 2025

Biomass is an energy source with variable physico-chemical properties. Thermal treatments lower moisture and volatile matter contents. They also raise the high heating value (HHV). This is especially desirable for agro-wastes with low-energy potentia...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,078 Views
18 Pages

12 March 2021

In 2012–2014, at the Research and Didactic Station of the Department of Horticulture at Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences (51°19′06″ N, 17°03′49″ E), field studies were conducted to evaluate the responses of two sweet maize hybrid...

  • Article
  • Open Access
64 Citations
9,349 Views
12 Pages

Ash Content and Calorific Energy of Corn Stover Components in Eastern Canada

  • Pierre-Luc Lizotte,
  • Philippe Savoie and
  • Alain De Champlain

26 May 2015

Corn stover is an abundant agricultural residue that could be used on the farm for heating and crop drying. Ash content and calorific energy of corn grain and six stover components were measured from standing plants during the grain maturing period,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,784 Views
26 Pages

3 February 2023

Corn smut is one of the major diseases in corn production. The cob infection causes high economic and quality loss. This research investigated the effects of three different concentrations of corn smut infection (2500, 5000, and 10,000 sporidia/mL) o...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,714 Views
9 Pages

Anaerobic Storage Characteristics of Whole-Ear Corn and Stover

  • Adam B. Hemmelgarn,
  • Kevin J. Shinners,
  • Aaron J. Timm and
  • Matthew F. Digman

Whole-plant corn has been previously investigated as a biomass feedstock. Current approaches are analogous to harvesting whole-plant corn for livestock feed or biogas production. They include utilizing a self-propelled forage harvester to harvest the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,828 Views
21 Pages

Fodder maize cultivation under low mountain conditions in Central Europe presents obstacles for organic dairy farmers; low temperatures and high precipitation values in spring delay the juvenile development of maize, which leads to lower and fluctuat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
64 Citations
12,032 Views
16 Pages

23 April 2012

Large scale biofuel production will be possible only if significant quantities of biomass feedstock can be stored, transported, and processed in an economic and sustainable manner. Torrefaction has the potential to significantly reduce the cost of tr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,613 Views
21 Pages

1 March 2021

This study compares yield, nutritive value, and kernel properties of whole plant corn (WPC) harvested before and after a light frost in short growing season areas. Six corn hybrids grown in two years at three locations within Alberta (Canada) were ha...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,551 Views
22 Pages

Crop Technology, Cultivation System, and Maize Production Characteristics

  • Daniel Păcurar,
  • Horia Pop,
  • Ioan Oroian,
  • Petru Burduhos,
  • Oana Abrudan (Radu),
  • Cristian Mălinaș and
  • Antonia Cristina Maria Odagiu

The maize crop is an essential contributor to food security. At a global level, it is the cereal with the highest production, and the second imported commodity. This study evaluates the impact of precision agriculture on the morpho-productive traits...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,486 Views
20 Pages

11 May 2024

Exogenous selenium application could effectively improve the selenium absorption of crops affected by different climatic conditions due to changes in the planting environment and planting conditions. We planted maize at planting densities of 67,500 p...

  • Article
  • Open Access
40 Citations
4,962 Views
11 Pages

21 May 2020

It was hypothesized that white-rot fungus fermented with rice straw and purple field corn improves nutrient utilization via enhanced digestibility and lowers methane (CH4) production due to the effects of the lovastatin compound. The aim of the curre...

  • Article
  • Open Access
96 Citations
7,700 Views
25 Pages

27 August 2018

The development of short-season hybrids has made corn (Zea mays L.) silage (CS) production possible in cooler areas. This work aimed at determining biomass yield and nutritive quality of short-season corn CS hybrids. Six corn hybrids were grown in th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
5,503 Views
21 Pages

Effects of Non-Leguminous Cover Crops on Yield and Quality of Baby Corn (Zea mays L.) Grown under Subtropical Conditions

  • Atinderpal Singh,
  • Sanjit K. Deb,
  • Sukhbir Singh,
  • Parmodh Sharma and
  • Jasjit S. Kang

Effects of non-leguminous cover crops and their times of chopping on the yield and quality of no-till baby corn (Zea mays L.) were evaluated during two kharif seasons (May-August in 2014 and 2015) under subtropical climatic conditions of Punjab, Indi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
4,059 Views
16 Pages

Milk Urea Concentration in Dairy Sheep: Accounting for Dietary Energy Concentration

  • Valeria Giovanetti,
  • Filippo Boe,
  • Mauro Decandia,
  • Giovanni Cristoforo Bomboi,
  • Alberto Stanislao Atzori,
  • Antonello Cannas and
  • Giovanni Molle

11 December 2019

In dairy sheep milk urea concentration (MUC) is highly and positively correlated with dietary crude protein (CP) content and, to a lesser extent, with protein intake. However, the effect of dietary energy and carbohydrate sources on MUC of lactating...

  • Article
  • Open Access
386 Views
29 Pages

Using Genome-Wide Association Studies to Reveal DArTseq and SNP Loci Associated with Agronomic Traits and Yield in Maize

  • Maciej Lenort,
  • Agnieszka Tomkowiak,
  • Jan Bocianowski,
  • Roksana Bobrowska,
  • Danuta Kurasiak-Popowska,
  • Sylwia Mikołajczyk,
  • Tomasz Kosiada,
  • Dorota Weigt and
  • Przemysław Gawrysiak

Next-generation sequencing (NGS) has revolutionized genetic research, enabling the massive, rapid, and relatively inexpensive analysis of the genomes, transcriptomes, and epigenomes of various organisms, including maize. Therefore, this paper uses NG...