The study focused on the development and marketability of corn banana flour nutri-bun using flour, peel flesh blossom which can be readily found in locality. This product research included four major phases; (1) nutri-bun, (2) Determination nutri-bun’s nutritive value, (3) determination level acceptability (4) nutri-bun. finished products terms appearance/color, aroma, taste texture was determi...

The largest corn yeld in Brazil is currently the second harvest, which most susceptible period to climatic adversities occurring during cycle. Thus, introducing beneficial elements for maintaining adequate development of plant can help producers obtaining greater kernel yields. Among studied elements, nicotinamide has potential use since it associated with accumulating secondary metabolites and...

Objective: To characterize agronomically 52 populations of pigmented native corn (Zea mays L.) from Coahuila, Mexico, in order to identify varieties with outstanding agronomic potential and establish an improvement program for grain yield, the ability adapt, superior nutritional bioactive content. Design/Methodology: Two experiments were evaluated through incomplete block design lattice alpha a...

The binding of alpha-naphthaleneacetic acid ((14)C-NAA) to pelletable particulates from corn (Zea mays) coleoptiles was found to be influenced by inorganic solutes. La(3+), Ca(2+), and Mg(2+) increased the binding whereas monovalent cations did not. The concentrations of CaCl(2) which increased auxin binding were similar to those which inhibited coleoptile elongation in the presence of auxin. T...

The effects of a nutrient-based feeding stimulant, Coax, and a stilbene-based optical brightener, Blankophor P167, on the activity of the nucleopolyhedrovirus of the fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith) (SfMNPV) on transgenic sweet corn, Zea mays L., expressing a CryIA(b) toxin from Bacillus thuringiensis (Berliner), were studied in the laboratory. Both Coax and Blankophor P167 in...

We developed a computer model for simulating the population dynamics of the almond moth, Cadra cautella (Walker). The model incorporates previously published life history data for the almondmothdeveloping on storedpeanuts, Arachis hypogaeaL., including stage-speciÞc immature developmental time and survival and adult longevity and fecundity. The model was modiÞed so that it also could be used to...

Received 16 Dec., 2013 Accepted 06 Feb., 2014 (006237) 1 Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua – UACH, Chihuahua, Chihuahua, México, e-mail: [email protected]; [email protected] 2 Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados – CINVESTAV, del IPN, Unidad Querétaro, Querétaro, Querétaro, México *Corresponding author Effect of different calcium sources on the antioxida...

Sweet corn (Zea mays L.) producers desire high yields and high sugar content in the endosperm. High irrigation levels result in high yield, but their effect on sugar content is unclear. The effects of two irrigation levels, standard and stressed on endosperm sugar content were evaluated using three sugary1 hybrids over 2 years. No significant differences were found among the treatments when ave...

The northern and western corn rootworm (Coleoptera:Chrysomelidae) are major pests of corn (Zea mays L). The development of Bt corn, corn that has been genetically modified to produce toxins from Bacillus thuringiensis, has been valuable in controlling the damage these pests can inflict on a grower’s corn. With the large acreage being planting to Bt corn especially in the Midwest, there has been...

Fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith), and corn earworm, Helicoverpa zea (Boddie), perennially cause leaf and ear damage to corn, Zea mays L., in the southeastern United States. Transgenic Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) hybrids with the Bt11, MON810, or 176 events expressing the Cry1Ab insecticidal endotoxin from were evaluated for control fall armyworm and corn earworm at seven locati...