Choice tests were conducted to determine feeding preferences of European corn borer, Ostrinia nubilalis (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae), neonates for 15 species of plants. Percentage of neonates accepting (found on) each leaf disc after 24 h was measured using choice tests. Initially, nine species of plants were evaluated. The following year, 10 plant species were evaluated during O. nubilali...

Reproduction of the corn cyst nematode (Heterodera zeae) and its effect on growth of corn (Zea mays) was studied in plant growth chambers at 24, 27, 30, 33, and 36 C. Reproduction of H. zeae increased directly with increase in temperature from 24 to 36 C. Fifteen-cm-d pots of corn seedlings inoculated with a mixture of 5,000 eggs + J2 and maintained for 8 weeks in growth chambers contained an a...

Densities of the root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne incognita (Kofoid and White) Chitwood,were compared following summer crops of tropical corn (Zea mays L.) and sorghum (Sorghum bicolorL.) at several locations in north Florida. Densities of M. incognita remained low soil) following the sorghum cultivars DeKalb FS25E and DeKalh BR64 and the sorghum­ sudangrass (S. sudanense [Piper] Stapf) hybrid D...

Transmembrane channels have been found in the membrane fraction of corn (Zea mays W64AN) mitochondria that exhibit a remarkable resemblance to the voltage dependent anion-selective channels (VDAC) located in the outer membrane of animal (Rattus norvegicus), protist (Paramecium aurelia), and fungal (Neurospora crassa) mitochondria. The channels in corn were demonstrated to be essentially identic...

Hairy vetch (Vicia sativa L.) succeeded by corn (Zea mays L.)or grain sorghum (Sorghumbicolor L. Moench) were seeded insplit plots randomized within whole plots of no-tillage versus conventional tillage over four growing seasons (1980-83). The vetch-corn cropping system increased the density of Meloidogyne incognita 2.9 X more than the vetch-grain sorghum cropping system. I n contrast, the vetc...

We compared white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virctinianus) use of 15 field corn (Zea mays) hybrids grown in food plots near 3 deer wintering areas in southwestern Minnesota, 1987-88. Physical and morphological characteristics of corn varied significantly among sites, subplots and among hybrids. Deer use of hybrids was significantly different and 5 use groups of hybrids were identified. A significa...

The efficacy of fallow and coastal bermudagrass (Cynodon dactylon) as a rotation crop for control of root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne incognita race 1) and soilborne fungi in okra (Hibiscus esculentus cv. Emerald), squash (Cucurbita pepo cv. Dixie Hybrid), and sweet corn (Zea mays cv. Merit) was evaluated in a 3-year field trial. Numbers of M. incognita in the soil and root-gall indices were gre...

The effective use of secondary resources corn processing and maximum extraction components with useful specific physical chemical characteristics allow production innovative national fermented milk products functional technological properties high nutritional value. purpose the scientific research was to study composition mineral, biologically valuable substances raw materials such as fresh roo...

Aflatoxin contamination of corn in the field is influenced by several factors. In the southern U.S., insect populations are usually large every year. Drought caused by warmer and drier than normal weather is conducive to A. flavus infection and aflatoxin contamination of corn, Zea mays L. When loose-husked hybrids are used in the southern U.S., they accentuate insect damage and aflatoxin contam...

Abstract—Selenium is an-antioxidant which is important for human health enters food chain through crops. In Kenya Zea mays is consumed by 96% of population hence is a cheap and convenient method to provide selenium to large number of population. Several soil factors are known to have antagonistic effects on selenium speciation hence the uptake by Zea mays. There are no studies in Kenya that has...