URBANA – Every year farmers spend a lot of money trying to control corn rootworm larvae, which are a significant threat to maize production in the United States and, more recently, in Europe.
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — A historical analysis of corn research shows that new hybrids are taking up more nitrogen than older plant varieties after the crucial flowering stage, a clue as to how plant scientists will need to adapt plants to increase yields. Delete the scoop?
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The variety is rich in Lysine (an essential amino acid) and is touted to be a source of rich protein diet for the tribals, who are its major consumers. Delete the scoop?
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“Last season some portions of my maize crop grew to knee high, the leaves turned yellow and those that grew produced very little grain,” says Wambui. Indeed farmers in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania last year recorded losses of about 50-100percent on their total maize yields following the outbreak of a new maize disease known as Maize Lethal Necrosis Disease –MLND. Delete the scoop?
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The destructive maize disease has been reported in farms across the North Rift, with agricultural officials warning of poor yields since most farmers failed to heed preventive guidelines. Delete the scoop?
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A local crop farmer obtained yields that compare favourably with the most productive areas in eastern South Africa and eastern Zimbabwe where the subcontinent's best maize farmers are located. Delete the scoop?
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A major shortage of maize has sent the price of maize meal, used for porridge and poultry feed, spiralling in Zimbabwe Delete the scoop?
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A team of Virginia Tech researchers have adapted existing technologies to make a new product, transforming cellulose into amylose. One target market for the amylose would be functional foods, said lead researcher Y.H. Delete the scoop?
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(Phys.org) —A historical analysis of corn research shows that new hybrids are taking up more nitrogen than older plant varieties after the crucial flowering stage, a clue as to how plant scientists will need to adapt plants to increase yields. Delete the scoop?
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Domestic corn production grew 8 per cent to 208 million tonnes, while rice output edged up just 1.6 per cent to 204 million tonnes. -China Daily/ANN Delete the scoop?
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Maize Lethal Necrosis disease has affected farms in parts of the Rift Valley. Some farmers in parts of Nandi county have reported that maizeon their farms are turning yellow and drying up two months after they were planted. Delete the scoop?
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Corn production in Mexico, the second-biggest buyer of the grain from the U.S., may climb 2.6 percent from the previous year as planting expanded, the United Nations’ Food & Agriculture Organization said. Delete the scoop?
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Food security in Burundi could be improved by new hybrid maize seeds, but only if the seeds are affordable to farmers, say researchers. Delete the scoop?
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To design a low-cost unmanned aerial vehicle which helps to select the maize varieties which are best adapted to adverse environmental conditions is the main objective of an international project led by Josep Lluís Araus, professor from the... Delete the scoop?
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Maize is a political crop that has essentially enslaved Malawi as a nation. Despite being the staple diet of millions of ordinary Malawians, maize is not only one of the least nutritious foodstuffs in Malawi, but our blinkered monoculture production of it is both outdated and increasingly expensive. Delete the scoop?
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Lusaka - Zambia: A crop of maize for a peasant farmer in Chongwe THE Zambia National Farmers’ Union (ZNFU) has projected that the maize production for the 2012/13 farmi Delete the scoop?
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Ugandan scientists who have been conducting research on drought-resistant maize varieties for the last three years, seem to be faced with the challenge of the stem borer, which is destroying farmers’ fields. Delete the scoop?
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All ears: A farmer harvests corn in Malang, East Java. The Agriculture Ministry says the nation imported 780,000 tons of corn in the first quarter of ... Delete the scoop?
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The Huehuetenango region, in the Cuchumatanes highlands of Western Guatemala, is an important centre of diversification for maize. While farmers here have inherited a wealth of local varieties from previous generations and traditionally maintain them on farm, changing environmental and social conditions are beginning to have a negative impact on local genetic diversity and food security. Over the past ten years, climate variations and natural disasters have affected maize-based production systems considerably, and smallholder farmers are suffering as a result. Delete the scoop?
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Researchers, policy makers and other stakeholders working under the Drought Tolerant Maize for Africa (DTMA) project from Mali, Benin, Ghana, and Nigeria have converged on the campus of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in Ibadan to develop work plans towards rapid dissemination and adoption of drought-tolerant maize. Delete the scoop?
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NAIROBI (Xinhua) -- Researchers have identified maize parental lines and hybrids with high levels of drought tolerance that could save farmers in Africa. The early and the extra-early maturing maize genotypes developed and conserved by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) will help in production of maize, one of the key staples in the continent. Delete the scoop?
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Dar es Salaam — Thousands of farmers in western Kenya are successfully battling the invasion of a deadly parasitic weed called Striga, dubbed the 'violet vampire' because of its beautiful violet flowers. Delete the scoop?
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THE Zimbabwe Commercial Farmers Union (ZCFU) has revised downwards 2012's maize output to 800 000 metric tonnes from an initial projection of 1,2 million metric tonnes, owing to a dry spell and poor preparation for the season. Delete the scoop?
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World coarse grain production in 2012/13 is forecast up 1.1 million tons this month to 1,124.5 million, with increases for corn more than offsetting reduced prospects for sorghum and barley. Delete the scoop?
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Ministry of Agriculture officials have projected that the country will have a surplus of 940,000 metric tonnes of maize from this year’s harvest. Delete the scoop?
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China's major corn producing areas are suffering from colder-than-usual spring weather and waterlogging due to excessive snow and rain in winter, delaying sowing and increasing the costs of production, the Ministry of Agriculture... Delete the scoop?
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