Wild Relatives of Maize

Cruz-Cárdenas, Carlos Iván; Cortés-Cruz, Moisés; Gardner, C; Costich, Denise E.

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-97121-6_1

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“…The secondary genepool of maize is represented by eight taxa of wild teosintes found in Mexico and Central America [87]. These comprise three…”

Section: Conservation Of Teosintesmentioning

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“…Teosinte taxa represent an important resource for maize breeding and have been successfully employed to breed for resistance to biotic stresses, flooding and waterlogging tolerance, and increased yields. Only four germplasm banks hold significant teosinte collections, namely CIMMYT, INIFAP, University of Guadalajara (Mexico), and USDA-ARS (U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, USA)[87]. Further collecting missions should collect populations and species underrepresented in current collections, e.g., Z. diploperennis, Z. perennis and wild Z. mays populations from Guatemala and northwest Mexico.…”

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Conservation and Use of Latin American Maize Diversity: Pillar of Nutrition Security and Cultural Heritage of Humanity

Guzzon

Rios²,

Cepeda

et al. 2021

Agronomy

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Latin America is the center of domestication and diversity of maize, the second most cultivated crop worldwide. In this region, maize landraces are fundamental for food security, livelihoods, and culture. Nevertheless, genetic erosion (i.e., the loss of genetic diversity and variation in a crop) threatens the continued cultivation and in situ conservation of landrace diversity that is crucial to climate change adaptation and diverse uses of maize. We provide an overview of maize diversity in Latin America before discussing factors associated with persistence of large in situ maize diversity, causes for maize landrace abandonment by farmers, and strategies to enhance the cultivation of landraces. Among other factors, maize diversity is linked with: (1) small-holder farming, (2) the production of traditional food products, (3) traditional cropping systems, (4) cultivation in marginal areas, and (5) retention of control over the production system by the farmers. On the other hand, genetic erosion is associated with substitution of landraces with hybrid varieties or cash crops, and partial (off-farm labor) or complete migration to urban areas. Continued cultivation, and therefore on-farm conservation of genetic diversity held in maize landraces, can be encouraged by creating or strengthening market opportunities that make the cultivation of landraces and open pollinated varieties (OPVs) more profitable for farmers, supporting breeding programs that prioritize improvement of landraces and their special traits, and increasing the access to quality germplasm of landraces and landrace-derived OPVs.

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“…The secondary genepool of maize is represented by eight taxa of wild teosintes found in Mexico and Central America [87]. These comprise three…”

Section: Conservation Of Teosintesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Conservation and Use of Latin American Maize Diversity: Pillar of Nutrition Security and Cultural Heritage of Humanity

Guzzon

Rios²,

Cepeda

et al. 2021

Agronomy

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“…In the structure of harvested areas under cereals, maize dominates (53%), followed by wheat (38%) (Zelena knjiga 2018 II, accessed on 29 th April 2020). These data are not surprising, given that these crops are the most significant in the rest of the world, as well (Cruz-Cárdenas et al, 2019). Wheat (Triticum aestivum) belongs to the order Poales, the family Poaceae (grasses), the subfamily Pooideae (grasses with ears), the genus Triticum.…”

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The trends in maize and wheat production in the Republic of Serbia

Grčak¹,

Grčak²,

Penjišević³

et al. 2020

Acta agriculturae Serbica

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The total area under cereals during 2018 remained at a long-term stable level of about 1.7 million hectares. Maize and wheat are the most important crops grown in the Republic of Serbia. In the structure of harvested areas under cereals, maize dominates (53%), followed by wheat (38%). The objective of this paper was to determine if there was a recognisable trend line for the production of these crops in the 2007-2018 period. The yield data (Area harvested (ha), Production (tonnes), Production (t/ha)) were collected from the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia. Calculations of relevant and valid trends using central tendency measures, dispersion measures, relative ratios and percentage growth were used for statistical data processing. During the observation period, the average annual growth in maize yield was 6.38%, while the average annual growth in wheat yield was slightly lower, 2.00%. However, it is not possible to create an appropriate trend line for any of the variables in order to predict a future time period, since the coefficient of determination is low.

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“…Maize (Zea mays L.) is the world's third most widely grown crop. Consumed not just to meet energy and protein requirements, but also for industrial and bio fuel production [1]. It has higher productive potential compared to any other cereal crops hence; it is called as "king of cereals" [2].…”

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Effect of Value Added Product from Sugar Industry as a Potassium Source on Growth and Yield Attributes of Maize (Zea mays L.)

Ramya

Gomadhi

Balasubramaniam

et al. 2021

IJPSS

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India is the major producer and consumer of sugar in the world. Molasses based distillery along with their product (alcohol) generate wastewater called as spent wash. It is acidic nature characterized by high BOD, COD value. The Value Added Product from sugar industry is generated by incineration of spent wash results in ash powder which is found to be rich in potassium. Consequently, a study was conducted to compare the effect of applying Value Added Product (VAP) as a potassic source on maize hybrid COHM(8) with that grown on Muriate of Potash (MOP) as a fertilizer source using a Randomized Complete Block Design with three replications. The treatments include absolute control (T1), 50% STCR (Soil Test Based Crop recommendation) -K through VAP (T2), 75% STCR-K through VAP (T3), 100% STCR-K through VAP (T4), 125% STCR-K through VAP (T5), 50% STCR-K through VAP + 50% STCR-K through inorganic fertilizers (T6) (MOP) and 100% STCR-K through inorganic fertilizer (MOP) (T7). The results showed that, 125% STCR-K as VAP produced better growth and yield characteristic, it was similar with 100 percent STCR-K as VAP and followed by 75 percent STCR-K as VAP when compared to control (T1). It is concluded that application of VAP from distillery spent wash (DSW) can be used as a substitute for inorganic potash fertilizer in maize crop cultivation to get higher yield and sustain soil health.

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Wild Relatives of Maize

Cited by 13 publications

References 135 publications

Conservation and Use of Latin American Maize Diversity: Pillar of Nutrition Security and Cultural Heritage of Humanity

Conservation and Use of Latin American Maize Diversity: Pillar of Nutrition Security and Cultural Heritage of Humanity

The trends in maize and wheat production in the Republic of Serbia

Effect of Value Added Product from Sugar Industry as a Potassium Source on Growth and Yield Attributes of Maize (Zea mays L.)

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