Maize is one of the most productive crops whose seeds are used in poultry sector as main ingredients their diet. It also important forage for ruminants silage. The aim this research was to assess effect defoliation and detopping on dual-purpose maize production field (Kermanshah, Iran, Mediterranean climate conditions) laboratory experiments. study included a control (intact plant), removal lea...

Seeds of aflatoxin-resistant and aflatoxin-susceptible maize lines were inoculated with conidia of aflatoxin-producing Aspergillus flavus or A. parasiticus isolates or isogenic non-producing mutants. Conidia were recovered from resistant maize seed after seven days in significantly lower amounts for aflatoxin-producing A. flavus and A. parasiticus strains than for isogenic mutants incapable of ...

Household diversification into nonfarm work activities is a major rural livelihood strategy in many developing economies. In this paper, we explore empirically if rural households in Uganda leverage their nonfarm earnings to overcome credit constraints and invest in high yielding maize seed varieties. We use a semiparametric estimator of binary outcomes that accommodates endogenous regressors s...

A field experiment was conducted during 2018–19 and 2019–20 at the research farm of ICAR-Directorate Rapeseed-Mustard Research, Bharatpur, Rajasthan to evaluate effect organic inorganic nitrogen sources on yield, water productivity, system productivity economics maize (Zea mays L.)-mustard [Brassica juncea (L.) Czern.] cropping system. The in split-plot design with recommended levels fertilizer...

Canistel (Pouteria campechiana) is an underutilized fruit tree species found in many parts of the world. The objective of this study was to evaluate suitability of canistel fruit meal (CFM) as a feed ingredient for broiler chickens. Giving completely randomize design, ninety broiler chickens in 30 floor pens received one of five diets ad libitum from day 21 to 42. The nutritionally balanced con...

Annexins have previously been identified and characterized in Arabidopsis and rice. They compose a multigene family in plants. In this study, we indicated the isolation and characterization of maize annexin genes across a whole genome using bioinformatics, microarray and real-time PCR methods. A total of 12 members of this family were identified in the maize genome. The 12 maize annexins were d...

We describe an efficient system for site-selected transposon mutagenesis in maize. A total of 43,776 F1 plants were generated by using Robertson's Mutator (Mu) pollen parents and self-pollinated to establish a library of transposon-mutagenized seed. The frequency of new seed mutants was between 10-4 and 10-5 per F1 plant. As a service to the maize community, maize-targeted mutagenesis selects i...

Coffee is one of mankind's most popular beverages obtained from green coffee beans by roasting. Much effort has been expended towards the chemical characterisation of the components of the roasted coffee bean, frequently termed melanoidines, which are dominated byproducts formed from its most relevant secondary metabolites - chlorogenic acids. However, impeded by a lack of suitable authentic re...

It has been suggested that the boiling or frying of peanuts leads to less allergenic products than roasting. Here, we have compared the digestibility of the major peanut allergens in the context of peanuts subjected to boiling, frying or roasting and in purified form. The soluble peanut extracts and the purified allergens were digested with either trypsin or pepsin and analyzed by gel electroph...