Background Maize fodder is being used as staple feed for livestock but it lacks protein and essential amino acids; lysine and tryptophan. Intercropping maize with leguminous soybean crop is promising technique under limited land resources of South Korea but it can only give considerable advantages when adequate distance is provided between corn and soybean rows. Main aim of present study was to...

The research on the mechanical properties of cornstalk, a natural biomass, is great significance in fields deep-processing and reuse, preparation biomimetic materials so on. In this study, an electronic universal material testing machine was used macroscopic property test cornstalk radial compression, axial cutting, three-point bending. microstructure rind pith characterized by scanning electro...

Abstract Maize stalk lodging is the structural failure of prior to harvest and a major problem for maize (corn) producers plant breeders. To address this problem, it critical understand precisely how geometric material parameters influence strength. Computational models could be powerful tool in such investigations, but current methods creating computational are costly, time-consuming and, most...

The sugarcane borer or corn stalk borer, Diatraea Guilding is polyphagous insect pest of many important crops such as corn, sorghum and sugarcane. Losses arising from the attack of Diatraea species have been a serious problem, which may cause loss in sugarcane production around 0.25% in sugar, 0.20% in alcohol and 0.77% of body weight for every 1% infestation and up to 21% in corn production fi...