This new volume offers a multi-pronged perspective on maize science, bringing together important recent research advances from several disciplines. The volume covers maize from origin to biotechnology. It provides an overview of recent world maize production along with technological advancements and green strategies in maize science. The authors cover the background of maize, its origin and domestication, ideotypes, botany, taxonomy, physiology of crop growth, methods of cultivation, production, nutritional functions, biotic and abiotic stress impacts, postharvest management and technology, maize grain quality, and advances in breeding and biotechnology, filling a gap in the literature of maize.
Author(s): Ratikanta Maiti, Humberto González RodrĂguez, Ch. Aruna Kumari, Sameena Begum, Dasari Rajkumar
Publisher: Apple Academic Press
Year: 2021
Language: English
Pages: 292
City: Palm Bay
Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
About the Authors
Table of Contents
Abbreviations
Preface
1. Background and Importance of Maize
2. World Maize Production
3. Origin, Evolution, and Domestication of Maize
4. Maize Ideotype
5. Maize Botany
6. Physiological Basis of Crop Growth and Productivity
7. Research Advances in Abiotic Stress Management
8. Biotic Stresses Affecting Crop Productivity
9. Methods of Cultivation
10. Maize Grain Quality Analysis, Food Quality, Chemistry, and Food Processing
11. Improvement of Maize: Maize Varieties and Hybrid Maize Technology
12. Research Advances in Breeding and Biotechnology of Maize
Index
