Calocybe indica, known as milky white mushroom, grows and cultivated in the sub-tropical and temperate zones of South Asia. We investigated the most suitable supplements and their levels for the commercial cultivation of milky white mushroom. Rice bran, maize powder, and wheat bran with their different levels (10, 20, 30, 40, and 50%) were used as supplements to evaluate the yield and yield con...

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...

The advantages of the three- and four-crop rotations in relation to two- crop rotation are reduced frequency soil tillage, thus savings energy sources, lower intake mineral nitrogen fertilisers amount applied herbicides. aim present study was indicate importance a proper alternation crops three-crop system compare cultivation maize after winter wheat or soybean terms reducing weediness, formati...

Quality protein maize (QPM) describes a range of maize cultivars with twice the content of limiting amino acids lysine and tryptophan compared with conventional maize, and has been developed to help reduce human malnutrition in areas where protein deficiency is prevalent and where maize is the major protein source in the diet, as in various parts of Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The International M...

The effective control of Fusarium head blight (FHB) in wheat, mainly caused by the toxigenic fungus graminearum , has a significant impact on food safety worldwide. As maize is one main hosts F. risk infection this plant pathogen highest when wheat grown after and infected crop residues are not buried through ploughing. This study aimed to investigate agronomic economic viability two innovative...

GM) in a 1:3 DM ratio and formed 55% of the TMR DM. In study weeks 1-3 the TMR DM also contained non-GM supplements of 18.5% cracked wheat, 26.1% rapeseed meal and 0.4% minerals. In weeks 4-12 ground maize grain (MON810) replaced cracked wheat. Milk and TMR samples were taken weekly prior to and after the introduction of the GM diet. In milk samples spiked with Bt DNA, PCR analyses established ...

This study was performed to investigate the chemical and rheological properties of composite flours prepared by using whole wheat flour (Triticum aestivum), whole maize flour (Zea mays) and whole sorghum flour (Sorghum bicolor). Seven blends were prepared by homogenously mixing maize and sorghum flours with wheat flour in the percentage proportions: 0:100, 10:90, 20:80, 30:70, 15:15:70 (MF: WWF...

Chloroplast protein synthesis elongation factor, EF-Tu, has been implicated in heat tolerance in maize. The recombinant precursor of this protein, pre-EF-Tu, has been found to exhibit chaperone activity and protect heat-labile proteins, such as citrate synthase and malate dehydrogenase, from thermal aggregation. Chloroplast EF-Tu is highly conserved and it is possible that the chaperone activit...