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A professional maize flour mill plant is designed to clean, degerminate, grind, and sieve maize into fine flour suitable for human consumption. Whether you are setting up a small-scale operation or a large industrial facility, understanding your processing options is key to success. A complete maize flour plant typically includes ...
The following Table illustrates some feeding stuff and their mycotoxins content (Abdelhamid, 1980, 1983a - e, 1985, 1990, 2000b & 2005 and Abdelhamid et al., 1996): Feeds Mycotoxins Bone meal Vomitoxin and Zearalenone Cottonseed, Rice bran Aflatoxin-B1, Citrinin, Ochratoxin-A, Vomitoxin, and Zearalenone Grains Aflatoxin-B1 & G1, Citrinin and Ochratoxin-A ...
Tackling Malawi's Hidden Hunger through Selenium and Iodine biofortification to green vegetables and conservation agriculture (CA) field crops Introduction In sub-Saharan Africa, micronutrient deficiencies are common in poor and rural areas, due to over-farmed, depleted soils and restricted diets. In Malawi, three-quarters of the population are selenium-deficient, which can lead to weakened ...
These Fusariumfungi infect cereal crops primarily in wet conditions when temperatures range from 15–30 °C, resulting in grain head damage and DON contamination1. DON is the most common contaminant of grains and maize, and its presence may be a marker for other mycotoxins2. ...
Corn stover using as a fuel in Mozambique Corn Stover is the stalk and leaf residues from harvesting maize for grain, and it may be used as a biomass source in the same ways as straw. ...
Three irrigation treatments and four maize hybrids were studied. In the extremely rainy 2010, the highest yield of maize grain was obtained in rainfed plots (control = 9.24 t ha−1). ...
As part of a cooperative of 46 farmers with approximately 1400 hectares, Kläber is applying both brains and skills to make sure they do their utmost to increase their yields of grain, maize and rapeseed. In the past decade, however, another factor has become crucial to the way they operate: environmental impact. ...
African farmers growing a mixture of nitrogen-fixing crops, such as soybean, peanut and pigeonpea one year, followed by just maize the next, achieved similar grain yields to monoculture maize but with 50 per cent more protein content, and using half the fertiliser, her research has shown. ...
Thus, the objectives of this study were to determine: (a) the effect of sewage sludge application on heavy metal build–up in soil and maize grains and (b) the effects of soil amendment with sewage sludge on the chemical properties of a Brazilian Oxisol. ...
Phosphorus is essential for crop plant growth and soils are depleted as this element is removed from crop lands with harvested grains/seeds. To sustain yields, inputs of nutrients are required to balance losses. On global and continental/regional bases, we assembled nine years data on: total dry cereal grain and total dry legume seed production, production of ...
The use of maize (Zea mays L.) stover as a feedstock for cellulosic biofuels production will create demand for maize hybrids with greater stover yield. ...
The objective of this study was to determine climatic and genetic factors contributing to genotype (G), environment (E), and genotype x environment (GE) variability for maize (Zea mays L.) grain yield under some stress conditions like drought, cold, and pest attack. A large sample of Spanish maize populations was evaluated along with checks at ...
The objective of this study was to determine the effect of four cover crops on maize (Zea mays L.) grain yields in two fields that had been under DMC for 3 and 14 yr. ...
This study was conducted to determine the medium- to long-term influence of OR quality and quantity on maize productivity and to evaluate the occurrence of additive benefits in terms of extra grain yield produced by the combined application of ORs and N fertilizers. ...
The objective of this study was to determine the effect of four cover crops on maize (Zea mays L.) grain yields in two fields that had been under DMC for 3 and 14 yr. ...
Fertilizer N inputs were from a survey of the watershed and yield data from county estimates that were combined with estimated protein contents to obtain grain N. By using maize fertilizer recovery and soybean N2 fixation to estimate total grain N derived from soil, we calculated the explicit change in soil N storage each year. Overall, ...
Information regarding genotypic variability for maize (Zea mays L.) grain-filling patterns is scarce, especially at the inbred level. ...
We studied the effect of daytime and nighttime irrigation on the growth and yield of maize (Zea mays L.) irrigated with a solid-set sprinkler system. Two irrigation treatments were tested: daytime irrigation (starting at 1000 Greenwich Mean Time, GMT) and nighttime irrigation (starting at 2200 GMT). ...
Fertilizer N inputs were from a survey of the watershed and yield data from county estimates that were combined with estimated protein contents to obtain grain N. By using maize fertilizer recovery and soybean N2 fixation to estimate total grain N derived from soil, we calculated the explicit change in soil N storage each year. Overall, ...
The results of the model calibration and validation showed a good fit between simulated and measured yield. Average simulated grain yield for summer maize was 4800 kg ha–1 and for spring maize was 5700 kg ha–1. Yields of summer maize were limited by the duration of the growing period. In order to increase spring ...