Novel insights into maize (Zea mays) development and organogenesis for agricultural optimization

Q Li, N Liu, C Wu - Planta, 2023 - Springer
Main conclusion In maize, intrinsic hormone activities and sap fluxes facilitate
organogenesis patterning and plant holistic development; these hormone movements …

Nutritional Characteristics of corn silage produced in Campania region estimated by Near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS)

F Zicarelli, F Sarubbi, P Iommelli, M Grossi, D Lotito… - Agronomy, 2023 - mdpi.com
In formulating balanced rations for ruminants, knowing the chemical composition of forage
and feeds in general is crucial to create adequate nutritional plans that meet animals' feed …

Assessing trade-offs among productive, economic, and environmental indicators of forage systems in southern Tibetan crop-livestock integration

C Duan, C Yu, P Shi, D Huangqing, X Zhang… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Fostering crop-livestock integration via crop-forage rotation provides opportunities to cope
with land degradation, feed deficit, and agropastoral sustainability. Farmers' preferences for …

Optimizing the growth of silage maize by adjusting planting density and nitrogen application rate based on farmers' conventional planting habits

Y Qian, Q Ma, Z Ren, G Zhu, X Zhu, G Zhou - Agronomy, 2023 - mdpi.com
Silage maize is cultivated due to its high nutritional value as a forage. China's recent
agricultural policy promotes the popularization and cultivation of silage maize. The …

Fermentation characteristics, microbial compositions, and predicted functional profiles of forage oat ensiled with Lactiplantibacillus plantarum or Lentilactobacillus …

Y Xiao, L Sun, Z Wang, W Wang, X Xin, L Xu, S Du - Fermentation, 2022 - mdpi.com
This study aimed to investigate the effects of lactic acid bacteria (LAB) inoculants on the
fermentation quality, microbial compositions, and predicted functional profiles of forage oat …

Intercropping maize (Zea mays L.) and field beans (Vicia faba L.) for forage, increases protein production

J Sowiński - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract In 2005–2007, a field study was conducted into intercropping of maize with faba
bean at Pawlowice research station, Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life …

Replacement of maize silage and soyabean meal with mulberry silage in the diet of hu lambs on growth, gastrointestinal tissue morphology, rumen fermentation …

H Han, L Zhang, Y Shang, M Wang, CJC Phillips… - Animals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary A shortage of high-quality roughage jeopardises the Chinese mutton
sheep industry. The development of new roughage resources is important to safeguard the …

Regulation of density and fertilization on crude protein synthesis in forage maize in a Semiarid Rain-Fed area

H Wang, X Zhang, G Zhang, Y Fang, H Hou, K Lei… - Agriculture, 2023 - mdpi.com
Density and fertilization mode are the key factors regulating crude protein synthesis in
forage maize; however, there is a lack of systematic understanding of the regulation …

GEM project-derived maize lines crossed with temperate elite tester lines make for high-quality, high-yielding and stable silage hybrids

M Perisic, A Perkins, DC Lima, N de Leon, B Mitrovic… - Agronomy, 2023 - mdpi.com
Maize silage is fundamental for high milk production in dairy farming. The incorporation of
new genetic diversity into temperate maize germplasm has the potential to improve adapted …

Yield, nutritional composition, and in vitro ruminal digestibility of conventional and brown midrib (BMR) corn for silage as affected by planting population and harvest …

OM Peña, C Velasquez, G Ferreira, MJ Aguerre - Agronomy, 2023 - mdpi.com
The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of corn-planting population, using two
conventional (Conv) and two brown-midrib (BMR) hybrids, and maturity stage at harvest on …