This experiment was conducted to determine the effect of chopping corn residue prior to baling on the nutrient composition of cornstalk bales. One dryland corn field planted with a single variety of corn was used. After harvest, one half of the field was chopped with a stalk chopper. The remaining half was not chopped. Each half of the field was then raked into windrows, baled, and wrapped with...

L-asparaginase (L-asparagine amido hydrolase, E.C.3.5.1.1) is an extra cellular enzyme that has received considerable attention since it is used as an anticancer agent. L-asparaginase belongs to an amidase group that hydrolyses the amide bond in Lasparagine to aspartic acid and ammonia. The clinical action of this enzyme as an anti-carcinogenic is attributed to the reduction of L-asparagine; tu...

A split-plot experimental study was conducted to evaluate the effect of different shade stresses on photosynthesis and chlorophyll fluorescence of maize leaves.The experiment was designed on the south farm of Special Corn Institute, Shenyang Agricultural University, China.Data was collected from the day maize tasseled (Jul. 21) to the beginning of grouting (Aug.12 ) under 18%, 28%, 38%, 60%, an...

Stalk lodging, or failure of the stalk structure, is a serious problem in production maize (corn). Addressing this requires an understanding parameters that influence lodging resistance. Computational modelling powerful tool for purpose, but current methods have limited throughput and do not provide ability to modify individual geometric features. A parameterised model has potential overcome th...

Changes in quantity and quality of corn crop stover can have a large impact on soil conservation and soil carbon (C) sequestration over large areas. The aim of this study was to evaluate changes in production, concentration and amount of C and nitrogen (N) in corn stover fractions due to cultivar development. Two field experiments were conducted in the city of Rolândia (Paraná State, Brazil) us...

The European corn borer, Ostrinia nubilalis (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae), is a major pest of maize, Zea mays L., in many temperate parts of the world. Genotype-by-environment interaction effects can make relative performance unpredictable and may hamper selection for resistance to European corn borer. The objective of this study was to determine the effect of environment on genotypic react...

CO477, CO478, CO479, and CO480 are mid- to late-season (75 – 81 days flowering, CHU=1720–1855) corn (Zea mays L.) inbred lines with high stalk sugar levels. The level of in the stalks very especially when grown as lines. On average, inbreds yield three times more than their testcrosses. These first be developed released for biofuel production, from breeding program Agriculture Agri-Food Canada....

width (Bruns and Abbas, 2003). The effects of even higher plant populations in the lower Mississippi River Populations for high yield and low mycotoxin levels in furrowvalley have yet to be documented. Early research on irrigated corn (Zea mays L.) have yet to be firmly established for the row spacings in corn in the Corn Belt and Mid-Atlantic Midsouth USA. Preplant N applications compared with...