Physiological Basis of Heterosis for Grain Yield in Maize Although heterosis in maize (Zea mays L.) has been studied since the early 1900s, very little...

Rice cultivar evaluation for phosphorus use efficiency Phosphorus deficiency is one of the most growth-limiting factors in acid soils in various parts of the world....

Probiotics and prebiotics in animal feeding for safe food production Recent outbreaks of food-borne diseases highlight the need for reducing bacterial pathogens in foods of...

Livestock production: recent trends, future prospects The livestock sector globally is highly dynamic. In developing countries, it is evolving in response to rapidly increasing demand...

The Genetics of Maize Evolution Maize and its closest wild relatives, the teosintes, differ strikingly in the morphology of their female inflorescences or ears. Despite...

Changes in antioxidant activity in sub-cellular fractions of tolerant and susceptible wheat genotypes in response to long term salt stress Effects of long term, medium...

Effect of water stress at different development stages on vegetative and reproductive growth of corn A field study was carried out from 1995 to 1997...

Putative Alleles for Increased Yield from Soybean Plant Introductions Improving seed yield of soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] is an important breeding goal. The objective...

Forest Dynamics, Growth, and Yield The introduction points out the very specific system characteristics of trees and forest stands which determine the approach and methods...

Review on maize based intercropping World population is growing exponentially and it has to fulfill their food requirements. An attractive strategy for increasing productivity and...