The Impact of the Rise of Modern Maize Production in Brazil and Argentina

Abstract

Brazil and Argentina have emerged as leading maize producers and exporters in the past two decades. In both cases the modern maize industry is associated with the expansion of soybean production and has also had an impact on national meat production. We examine how this transformation of maize production occurred, how it evolved in different ways in these two countries and how it relates to changes in their general agricultural development.

Analysis of variance in augmented block design and Scott-Knott’s test in hybrid corn selection studies

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Multiomic Approaches Reveal Hormonal Modulation and Nitrogen Uptake and Assimilation in the Initial Growth of Maize Inoculated with Herbaspirillum seropedicae

“…The maize crop field is dominated by Azospirillum brasilense strain Ab-V5 and Ab-V6 commercial inoculants, but there is space for more diverse and efficient bio-products. Brazil is the second larger exporter of maize in the world, with around 16 million hectares of cultivated area [ 21 ]. Selected strains of H. seropedicae had shown a promising effect in promoting plant growth and protection, being a potential candidate for microbial formulation in maize and other grasses such as grass pastures [ 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 ].…”