Fertilizer management plays an important role in obtaining satisfactory yields from maize. In addition, fertilizer management is essential for achieving sustainable agriculture and protecting the environment. This research was conducted by split plot experiment based on randomized complete block design with four replications. Main factor was integrated with chemical and biological fertilizers i...

Dehydration of maize grains in the field can reduce costs associated with drying after harvest. A delayed harvest approach physiological maturity, which plants stand to allow stems dry, has been widely adopted production. However, it remains unclear how harvesting at different time points during dehydration stage may affect grain yield and quality. In present study, experiments were conducted N...

Oat-maize radiation hybrids are oat (Avena sativa L.) plants carrying radiation-induced subchromosome fragments of a given maize (Zea mays L.) chromosome. Since first-generation radiation hybrids contain various maize chromosome rearrangements in a hemizygous condition, variation might be expected in the transmission of these rearrangements to subsequent generations. The transmission and integr...

The current experiment was conducted to check the efficacy of different nitrogen doses on the bionomics of maize stem borer Chilo partellus (Lepidoptera: Pyrlidae) under laboratory and field conditions applied on three maize hybrids i.e., KK-8711, KWS-55 and KS-85. The results revealed that the body weight (mg) and frass weight (mg) of larvae positively correlated with nitrogen levels. There wa...

NDOUBTEDLY specific and generic as well as lesser differences may U be largely attributed to differences in the chromosomes. Detailed analysis of gene and chromosome differences between related genera is seldom possible because of sterility and lack of genetical or cytological information. A striking exception is provided by Zea mays L. and Euchlaena mexicana Schrad. Between these distinct spec...

The phenomenon of heterosis describes the increased agronomic performance of heterozygous F(1) plants compared to their homozygous parental inbred plants. Heterosis is manifested during the early stages of root development in maize. The goal of this study was to identify nonadditive gene expression in primary roots of maize hybrids compared to the average expression levels of their parental inb...

The closest wild relatives of maize, Zea mays ssp. mays are various Zea taxa known as "teosinte." Hybrids between maize and the teosinte taxon, Zea mays ssp. mexicana, often occur when the 2 are sympatric in Mexico. Measuring the spontaneous hybridization rate of the 2 taxa would shed light on the mechanisms contributing to the evolution and persistence of these hybrid swarms. We conducted a se...

Temperature changes occur in nature faster than other stressors. Plants due to inability to move and change their position, are exposed to extensive variations in daily or seasonal temperature, and therefore, should quickly and effectively adapt to temperature stress. In order to study the effects of heat stress on physiological traits of forage maize hybrids, a factorial split plot experiment ...

in order to study the sowing system, row distance and weeding effect on yield and yield components of intercropped maize with peanut, this experiment was conducted, as factorial based on a rcbd with three replications at the research farm of agriculture center of zabol university (iran) during growing season 2011- 2012. sowing system were four levels including sole maize, sole peanut, 50% maize...