A field experiment was conducted during pre-rainy (kharif) seasons of 2019 and 2020 at Research Farm ICAR Complex for North Eastern Hill Region, Sikkim Centre, Tadong, Gangtok, to evaluate the performance maize (Zea mays L.) cultivars under organic management condition. Twelve maize, viz. ‘Seti Makkai’, ‘Pahenlo ‘Rato ‘Baiguni ‘Kalo ‘Satheya’, ‘RCM 1–1’, 1–3’, ‘RCM–75’ ‘Vivek Sankul 31’, 37’ 35...

Cultivation of OYSTER MUSHROOM (Pleurotus tuber-regium) on selected organic waste was carried out in the Microbiology Laboratory, Faculty of Science of the University of Port Harcourt. The study evaluated the effect of selected organic wastes on the growth and yield of Pleurotus tuber-regium (Fr. Singer). The organic wastes (Dry Substrates which include Maize cob, Cassava peelings, Plantain pee...

Inadequate, unscientific, and lack of optimum utilization fertilizer management devoid site-specific nutrient have been the major constraints maize ( Zea mays L.) production in Nepal. Therefore, a multi-locational farmers’ field experiment entitled “assessing productivity profitability hybrid using Nutrient Expert ® - Hybrid Maize model farmer’s practices was planned executed at two VDCs Morang...

MAIZE EAR FASCIATION Knowledge of the genes affecting maize ear inflorescence may lead to better grain yield modeling. Maize ear fasciation, defined as abnormal flattened ears with high kernel row number, is a quantitative trait widely present in Portuguese maize landraces. MATERIAL AND METHODS Using a segregating population derived from an ear fasciation contrasting cross (consisting of 149 ...

Maize pericarp color1 (p1) gene, which regulates phlobaphene biosynthesis in kernel pericarp and cob glumes, offers an excellent genetic system to study tissue-specific gene regulation. A multicopy p1 allele, P1-wr (white pericarp/red cob) is epigenetically regulated. Hypomethylation of P1-wr in the presence of Unstable factor for orange1 (Ufo1), leads to ectopic pigmentation of pericarp and ot...

A maize (Zea mays) senescence-associated legumain gene, See2beta, was characterized at the physiological and molecular levels to determine its role in senescence and resource allocation. A reverse-genetics screen of a maize Mutator (Mu) population identified a Mu insertion in See2beta. Maize plants homozygous for the insertion were produced. These See2 mutant and sibling wild-type plants were g...