The main purposes of this research study was to determine the perception of farmers on maize as a potential crop for climate change adaptation and to access problems faced by the farmers in maize production. Maize cultivation is getting importance in Bangladesh, with economic eff...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2021/v11i130324
A field experiment was conducted to know the crop weather relationships under different sowing windows and hybrids in maize at the College of Agriculture, University of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences, Shivamogga, Karnataka, during Kharif 2015. The experimental site is si...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2020/v10i1130268
The mineral, essential and non essential amino acids contents and the antioxidant capacity of extruded breakfast cereal from maize grits, partially defatted peanut and beetroot flour blends was investigated. Composite flour blends were prepared from maize, peanuts and beetroot fl...
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Research Article10.9734/afsj/2020/v18i230213
Cereal crops such as maize, wheat, sorghum and pearl millet are important for human consumption due to their nutritional benefits. These cereals play pivotal roles to meet world’s food demand. However, maintenance of food security particularly in the circumstance of changing clim...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2020/v10i530198
L. A. Akpro, Deffan K. Prudence, G. A. Gbogouri, Louis Ban-Koffi, K. E. Assemand & G. J. Nemlin·Asian Food Science Journal·2020
Objective: The aim of this work was to determine the processing aptitude of maize varieties into food products to be promoted in Côte d’Ivoire. Methodology: Three dishes have been developed from ten maize varieties (MAAN16, PGBR, PGB18, AAA3, KF18, CJB, KO/Na4, KO/Na3, KO/Wa6, an...
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Research Article10.9734/afsj/2020/v14i430137
Bread is widely eaten across the world and the science of its baking has come a long way. This study was aimed at evaluating the effect of using Baker’s and palm wine yeasts on the performance and sensory properties of bread baked with bean (Phaseolus vulgaris), corn (Zea mays),...
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Research Article10.9734/AFSJ/2018/42928
In this study, defatted soybean cake, Moringa oleifera leaves and wonderful kola combination were used to raise the nutritional value and scavenging properties of maize-based formulated diets. After blanching and fermentation process, maize (popcorn), moringa leaves, wonderful ko...
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Research Article10.9734/AFSJ/2018/40375
Ogi is a traditional fermented food produced from maize and serves as breakfast food for the majority of the population and is a good food choice for the sicks. Locally produced Ogi varies in its quality and shelf life because it is produced without any starter culture. In order...
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Research Article10.9734/MRJI/2017/33041
Aim: Determine the effect of different inoculum concentrations of T. harzianum from semi - arid soils on the activity of antioxidant enzymes of maize seedlings under water stress. Methods and Results: This study employed a three-factor factorial (3×4×4) design, arranged in a comp...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/26015
Adounigna Kassogué, Amadou Hamadoun Dicko, Diakaridia Traoré, Rokiatou Fané, Fernando Hercos Valicente & Amadou Hamadoun Babana·Microbiology Research Journal International·2016
Aims: To screen of the multiple plant growth promoting activities of some Bacillus thuringiensis strains isolated from Malian Agricultural soils and evaluate their ability to improve maize seed germination and seedling vigor in vitro. Study Design: Strains of Bacillus thuringiens...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/24785
Aims: This study was undertaken with the aim of establishing whether irrigation reduces aflatoxigenic fungal and aflatoxin contamination of maize samples purposefully selected from two regions practicing rain-fed and irrigation farming systems Kenya. Place and Duration of Study: ...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/18051
Aims: ZmMPK6-1 and ZmMPK6-2 are two genes resulting from segmental duplication in the maize genome. To investigate whether ZmMPK6-1 and ZmMPK6-2 had different expression or functions, we designed and conducted this experiment. Methodology: Adult plants and 10-day-old seedlings of...
Southern corn leaf blight caused by Cochliobolus heterostrophus is a major foliar disease of maize crop in Pakistan. The disease affects leaves, leaf sheaths, ears and maize grains. Suitable physiological conditions which include different nutrient media, temperature, pH, carbon...
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