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Global Synthesis of Drought Effects on Maize and Wheat Production Open
Drought has been a major cause of agricultural disaster, yet how it affects the vulnerability of maize and wheat production in combination with several co-varying factors (i.e., phenological phases, agro-climatic regions, soil texture) rem…
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Simplified and representative bacterial community of maize roots Open
Significance Many species of microbes colonize plants as members of complex communities. The high complexity of such plant microbial communities poses great difficulty for any experimental analyses aimed at understanding the principles und…
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Construction of the third-generation <i>Zea mays</i> haplotype map Open
Background Characterization of genetic variations in maize has been challenging, mainly due to deterioration of collinearity between individual genomes in the species. An international consortium of maize research groups combined resources…
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Improved Drought Tolerance by AMF Inoculation in Maize (Zea mays) Involves Physiological and Biochemical Implications Open
The role of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus (AMF, Glomus versiforme) in amelioration of drought-induced effects on growth and physio-biochemical attributes in maize (Zea mays L.) was studied. Maize plants were exposed to two drought regimes,…
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Genome-Wide Analysis of Alternative Splicing during Development and Drought Stress in Maize Open
Alternative splicing plays a crucial role in plant development as well as stress responses. Although alternative splicing has been studied during development and in response to stress, the interplay between these two factors remains an ope…
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Corn yield response to winter cover crops: An updated meta-analysis Open
Winter cover crops (WCCs) provide agronomic and environmental benefits, although their impacts on subsequent crop yields have been reported to vary across regions, soils, or under different farm practices. To address the variability in res…
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Maize���A potential source of human nutrition and health: A review Open
Maize or corn (Zea mays L.) is an important cereal crop of the world. It is a source of nutrition as well as phytochemical compounds. Phytochemicals play an important role in preventing chronic diseases. It contains various major phytochem…
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Genetic properties of the MAGIC maize population: a new platform for high definition QTL mapping in Zea mays Open
We demonstrate MAGIC maize's value in identifying the genetic bases of complex traits of agronomic relevance. The design of MAGIC maize allows the accumulation of sequencing and transcriptomics layers to guide the identification of candida…
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YOLOv5-Tassel: Detecting Tassels in RGB UAV Imagery With Improved YOLOv5 Based on Transfer Learning Open
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) equipped with lightweight sensors, such as RGB cameras and LiDAR, have significant potential in precision agriculture, including object detection. Tassel detection in maize is an essential trait given its re…
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Functional Characterization of Endophytic Fungal Community Associated with Oryza sativa L. and Zea mays L. Open
In a natural ecosystem, the plant is in a symbiotic relationship with beneficial endophytes contributing huge impact on its host plant. Therefore, exploring beneficial endophytes and understanding its interaction is a prospective area of r…
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Assessment of the Phytotoxicity of Metal Oxide Nanoparticles on Two Crop Plants, Maize (Zea mays L.) and Rice (Oryza sativa L.) Open
In this study, the phytotoxicity of seven metal oxide nanoparticles(NPs)—titanium dioxide (nTiO2), silicon dioxide (nSiO2), cerium dioxide (nCeO2), magnetite (nFe3O4), aluminum oxide (nAl2O3), zinc oxide (nZnO) and copper oxide (nCuO)—was …
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Exogenous melatonin confers drought stress by promoting plant growth, photosynthetic capacity and antioxidant defense system of maize seedlings Open
Melatonin is an important biologically active hormone that plays a vital role in plant growth and development. In particular, it has been investigated for its roles in abiotic stress management. The current experiment was carried out to in…
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Global irrigation contribution to wheat and maize yield Open
Irrigation is the largest sector of human water use and an important option for increasing crop production and reducing drought impacts. However, the potential for irrigation to contribute to global crop yields remains uncertain. Here, we …
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Analysis of Vegetation Indices to Determine Nitrogen Application and Yield Prediction in Maize (Zea mays L.) from a Standard UAV Service Open
The growing use of commercial unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) and the need to adjust N fertilization rates in maize (Zea mays L.) currently constitute a key research issue. In this study, different multispectral vegetation indices (green-ba…
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MaizeGDB update: new tools, data and interface for the maize model organism database Open
MaizeGDB is a highly curated, community-oriented database and informatics service to researchers focused on the crop plant and model organism Zea mays ssp. mays. Although some form of the maize community database has existed over the last …
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Beyond Defense: Multiple Functions of Benzoxazinoids in Maize Metabolism Open
Benzoxazinoids are a class of indole-derived plant metabolites that function in defense against numerous pests and pathogens. Due to their abundance in maize (Zea mays) and other important cereal crops, benzoxazinoids have been the subject…
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Reduced frequency of lateral root branching improves N capture from low-N soils in maize Open
Suboptimal nitrogen (N) availability is a primary constraint for crop production in developing countries, while in developed countries, intensive N fertilization is a primary economic, energy, and environmental cost for crop production. We…
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Crop Rotation and Tillage Effects on Soil Physical and Chemical Properties in Illinois Open
Recent increases in corn ( Zea mays L.) production in the U.S. Corn Belt have necessitated the conversion of rotations to continuous corn, and an increase in the frequency of tillage. The objective of this study was to assess the effect of…
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Industry‐Scale Evaluation of Maize Hybrids Selected for Increased Yield in Drought‐Stress Conditions of the US Corn Belt Open
Maize ( Zea mays L.) is among the most important grains contributing to global food security. Eighty years of genetic gain for yield of maize under both favorable and unfavorable stress‐prone drought conditions have been documented for the…
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Genome-wide association and genomic prediction of resistance to maize lethal necrosis disease in tropical maize germplasm Open
Genome-wide association analysis in tropical and subtropical maize germplasm revealed that MLND resistance is influenced by multiple genomic regions with small to medium effects. The maize lethal necrosis disease (MLND) caused by synergist…
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Sulfur-enriched leonardite and humic acid soil amendments enhance tolerance to drought and phosphorus deficiency stress in maize (Zea mays L.) Open
Soil amendments are known to promote several plant growth parameters. In many agro-ecosystems, water scarcity and drought induced phosphorus deficiency limits crop yield significantly. Considering the climate change scenario, drought and r…
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Comparative analysis of maize–soybean strip intercropping systems: a review Open
Traditional maize (Zea mays L.) and soybean (Glycine max (L) Merrill) intercropping practice cannot be adapted to modern agriculture due to low light use efficiency, radiation use efficiency, low comparative profits of soybeans and incompa…
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Modeling Long-Term Corn Yield Response to Nitrogen Rate and Crop Rotation Open
Improved prediction of optimal N fertilizer rates for corn (Zea mays L.) can reduce N losses and increase profits. We tested the ability of the Agricultural Production Systems sIMulator (APSIM) to simulate corn and soybean (Glycine max L.)…
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Genetic variation in <i>ZmTIP1</i> contributes to root hair elongation and drought tolerance in maize Open
Summary Drought is a major abiotic stress that threatens maize production globally. A previous genome‐wide association study identified a significant association between the natural variation of ZmTIP1 and the drought tolerance of maize se…
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Root type matters: measurement of water uptake by seminal, crown, and lateral roots in maize Open
The ability of plants to take up water from the soil depends on both the root architecture and the distribution and evolution of the hydraulic conductivities among root types and along the root length. The mature maize (Zea mays L.) root s…
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The bHLH family member ZmPTF1 regulates drought tolerance in maize by promoting root development and abscisic acid synthesis Open
ZmPTF1 regulates drought tolerance in maize by promoting root development and ABA synthesis, by binding to the G-box in the promoter and activating the expression of NCEDs, CBF4, NAC081, and NAC30.
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Photosynthetic capacity, nutrient status, and growth of maize (Zea mays L.) upon MgSO4 leaf-application Open
The major plant nutrient magnesium (Mg) is involved in numerous physiological processes and its deficiency can severely reduce the yield and quality of crops. Since Mg availability in soil and uptake into the plant is often limited by unfa…
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Contributions of Zea mays subspecies mexicana haplotypes to modern maize Open
Maize was domesticated from lowland teosinte ( Zea mays ssp. parviglumis ), but the contribution of highland teosinte ( Zea mays ssp. mexicana , hereafter mexicana ) to modern maize is not clear. Here, two genomes for Mo17 (a modern maize …
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Early isotopic evidence for maize as a staple grain in the Americas Open
We use carbon isotopes in human bone as the earliest direct evidence for maize as a staple grain in the Americas.
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Multiple Assays Indicate Varying Levels of Cross Resistance in Cry3Bb1-Selected Field Populations of the Western Corn Rootworm to mCry3A, eCry3.1Ab, and Cry34/35Ab1 Open
Minnesota populations of Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte, the western corn rootworm, surviving Cry3Bb1-expressing corn in the field and western corn rootworm populations assumed to be susceptible to all Bt proteins were evaluated fo…