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Too much to handle? Pesticide dependence of smallholder vegetable farmers in Southeast Asia
(Elsevier, 2017)
This study aimed to understand farmers' knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding agricultural pest management and synthetic pesticide use in Southeast Asia. Data were used from 900 farm households producing leaf mustard ...
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Carotenoid retention in biofortified maize using different post-harvest storage and packaging methods
(Elsevier, 2017)
Orange maize is being promoted as a source of provitamin A carotenoids (pVAC) in Zambia. Carotenoid retention in orange maize grains stored in metal silos, multilayer polyethylene and common woven bags, and maize meal ...
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Tissue culture mediated allelic diversification and genomic enrichment of wheat to combat production constraints and address food security
(Bangladesh Association for Plant Tissue Culture and Biotechnology, 2017)
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Combining ability and testcross performance of drought-tolerant maize inbred lines under stress and non-stress environments in Kenya
(Blackwell Verlag, 2017)
Drought and poor soil fertility are among the major abiotic stresses affecting maize productivity in sub-Saharan Africa. Maize breeding efforts at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) have focused ...
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Effects of varieties and nitrogen fertilizer on yield and yield components of maize on farmers field in mid altitude areas of western Ethiopia
(Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2017)
Yield of maize hybrids could be low when grown below optimum management practices. Use of improved varieties and optimum nitrogen fertilizer application practices are unlocking the high yielding potential of hybrids maize. ...
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Maize milling method affects growth and zinc status but not provitamin A carotenoid bioefficacy in male Mongolian gerbils
(American Society for Nutrition; Oxford University Press, 2017)
Background: Vitamin A (VA) and zinc deficiencies are prevalent. Maize is a common staple, and milling affects nutrient and nutrient-modifier profiles. Objective: We investigated the interaction of maize milling methods ...
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Genome-wide characterization of non-reference transposable element insertion polymorphisms reveals genetic diversity in tropical and temperate maize
(BioMed Central, 2017)
Background: Maize was originally domesticated in a tropical environment but is now widely cultivated at temperate latitudes. Temperate and tropical maize populations have diverged both genotypically and phenotypically. ...
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Evaluation of the APSIM model in cropping systems of Asia
(Elsevier, 2017)
Resource shortages, driven by climatic, institutional and social changes in many regions of Asia, combined with growing imperatives to increase food production whilst ensuring environmental sustainability, are driving ...
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Greenhouse gas emissions from agricultural food production to supply Indian diets: Implications for climate change mitigation
(Elsevier Masson, 2017)
Agriculture is a major source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions globally. The growing global population is putting pressure on agricultural production systems that aim to secure food production while minimising GHG emissions. ...