In smallholder crop–livestock systems where maize (Zea mays L.) is a staple cereal, the stover usually an important but low-quality ruminant feed. Maize has various competing uses, and optimal allocation of stover, particularly for forage mulch, essential improving whole-farm productivity sustainability. Knowledge that feed quality increases with height in provides opportunities. An experiment ...

Maize biomass from agricultural residues can be a substrate for biofuel production. However, commercial breeding programs have focused on grain yield food and feed, whole plant nutritive value silage, with little attention paid directly to stover or composition. Enhancing the energy content of crop higher quality cellulosic ethanol conversion should provide complementary use use. We also questi...

An experiment was conducted at the ICAR Nagaland Centre during rainy (kharif) season of 2018–2019 and 2019–2020 to check most suitable maize (Zea mays L.) variety cropping geometry for + greengram (Vigna radiata intercropping system. The results revealed that among varieties maize, VHM-45 recorded highest grain yield (4.92 t/ha) stover (14.76 t/ha). Whereas, in system 1:1 (maize greengram) (5.1...

and Implications Because treatment with calcium oxide (CaO) will increase the digestibility of corn stover, CaO-treated corn stover may be a cost-effective alternative to a portion of corn grain in beef feedlot diets. Single-pass harvested corn stover was ensiled either untreated or treated with 5% CaO on a dry matter (DM) basis. Ground baled stover, untreated stover silage, or CaO-treated stov...

A field experiment was conducted in sandy loam soils to study the Growth and Yield parameters of six different crops with limited number irrigations under a zero-till system rice fallows during rabi, 2021-22 at Agricultural College Farm, Naira. The laid out split-plot design, replicated thrice three irrigation levels viz., two (I1), (I2) four (I3) assigned main plots fallow Maize (C1), Sorghum ...

The experiment was conducted in CRF Department of Agronomy during summer season 2022 on Maize crop. aim to study the effect soil application zinc and foliar boron growth yield maize. Treatments consisted 3 levels Zinc (5,10 15 kg/ha) Boron (0.5, 1 1.5%) as spray a control. laid out Randomized Block Design (RBD) with Ten treatments each replicated thrice. Application kg 1.5% recorded highest Pla...

Field experiment was conducted during dry seasons for 2 consecutive years at College of Agriculture, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad on no-till maize after lowland kharif rice sandy clay loam soil. The laid out in randomized block design with factorial concept and replicated thrice. Treatments executed are three Phosphorus levels (30, 45 60 kg P2O5 ha-1) application times (at 10 days before harvest ri...

Bioenergy cropping systems have been proposed as a way to enhance United States energy security. However, research on soil physical properties, soil-surface CO2 effluxes, and soil drainage dynamics in such systems is needed to ensure environmental sustainability in the field. The objective of our research was to evaluate soil physical properties and conditions as well as soil-surface CO2 efflux...